Oklahoma Activists Race Against The Clock To Get On The November Ballot
Supporters of Oklahoma medical marijuana who want to let voters decide the issue in November delivered thousands of signatures Thursday but say they aren’t sure if they gathered enough to qualify the petition for the ballot.
“It’s going to be close, but we’re cautiously optimistic,” said Joe Dorman, a former Democratic legislator and candidate for governor who spearheaded the effort. “We had a bunch of people show up at the end who delivered signatures.”
The group had until 5 p.m. Thursday to gather signatures from 65,987 registered voters in order to qualify for the ballot. The secretary of state’s office will now count the signatures.
Dorman, a Democrat from Rush Springs who ran against Gov. Mary Fallin in 2014, is a board member of the group Oklahomans for Health, which organized the signature-gathering effort.
If unsuccessful, Dorman said supporters plan...
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