Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Supporters Hit Ballot Title Snag Ahead Of November Election
It looks much less likely a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Oklahoma will appear on the ballot this fall.
On Thursday Attorney General Scott Pruitt submitted a revised ballot title for State Question 788. The ballot title explains what’s at stake to voters, and the group Oklahomans for Health argues Pruitt’s language is misleading and political, The Tulsa World’s Barbara Hoebrock reports:
“There is no way we can let the Pruitt ballot title stand,” said Chip Paul, a spokesman for Oklahomans for Health, which secured the signatures to get the issue before voters.
The rewritten ballot title does not accurately reflect the medical component and implies marijuana will be legalized regardless of medical need, Paul said.
“We will protest it,” Paul said. “It keeps us off the ballot in November, and that is what was probably intended.”
State Question 788 would allow doctors to recommend a medical marijuana...
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