Cannabis '15: The Long Wait Until 2016

[CatoMinor]

Alaska - PASSED!
Colorado - PASSED!
Oregon - PASSED!
Washington - PASSED!

[greenforest32]

http://blog.norml.org/2012/02/09/8-states-may-legalize-marijuana-this-year-did-yours-make-the-list/

[CatoMinor]

http://blog.norml.org/2012/02/09/8-states-may-legalize-marijuana-this-year-did-yours-make-the-list/

That is where I got the list from

[bgwah]

Pretty sure the initiative in Washington already got enough signatures and will in fact be on the ballot.

[Alcon]

Pretty sure the initiative in Washington already got enough signatures and will in fact be on the ballot.

Yep.

[CatoMinor]

Updated to include some dates and signatures needed on some of them that I found.

[CatoMinor]

Governor Markell caved to Obama Justice Dept. threats were made in response to Delaware becoming state #16 to allow medicinal marijuana.

http://blog.norml.org/2012/02/14/delaware-federal-threats-halt-governors-plans-to-implement-states-2011-medicinal-cannabis-law/ 

[greenforest32]

Colorado initiative might make the ballot after all: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/17/regulate-marijuana-like-alcohol-claims-enough-signatures-for-colo-ballot/

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[greenforest32]

Colorado initiative does make the ballot:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/27/usa-marijuana-colorado-idINDEE81Q0OR20120227

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[CatoMinor]

[Sbane]

Unfortunately, I doubt the Colorado initiative will win. It lost by 20 points in 2006.  Washington and California have the best chance of legalizing it.

[CatoMinor]

Unfortunately, I doubt the Colorado initiative will win. It lost by 20 points in 2006.  Washington and California have the best chance of legalizing it.

Well if Gallup is accurate at all the pro-legalization side has grown substantially since 2006. Not sure if it will win or not, but it will defiantly be close.

[greenforest32]

http://blog.norml.org/2012/02/09/8-states-may-legalize-marijuana-this-year-did-yours-make-the-list/

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Just to clarify, the Cannabis Tax Act initiative needs 87,213 valid signatures while the IP-24 initiative needs 116,284 valid signatures:

* http://egov.sos.state.or.us/elec/web_irr_search.record_detail?p_reference=20120009..LSCYYY.

* http://egov.sos.state.or.us/elec/web_irr_search.record_detail?p_reference=20120024..LSCYYY.

The difference is due to the fact that IP-24 is a constitutional amendment while the Cannabis Tax Act is a statutory initiative and Oregon's signature requirement is based on a specific % of the vote cast in the previous gubernatorial election with a higher % requirement for initiatives that change the constitution: http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Laws_governing_the_initiative_process_in_Oregon#Number_required

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There's a possibility both measures might appear on the ballot but I think IP-24 is more likely as they've already collected ~35k signatures and they started a few months ago while the Cannabis Tax Act initiative has ~42k signatures and they started in early-mid 2011. While I don't like putting things that should be statutory law in the state constitution, I think I will sign IP-24.

[greenforest32]

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/154468/4_marijuana_legalization_initiatives_race_against_the_clock_in_oregon

Talk about not being coordinated... Looks like 2 of those 4 are pretty much dead. The most likely two:

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[CatoMinor]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/us/pat-robertson-backs-legalizing-marijuana.html?_r=1

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[greenforest32]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pot-initiatives-20120310,0,6630706.story

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[CatoMinor]

, indeed.

[greenforest32]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pot-initiatives-20120310,0,6630706.story

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As suspected, none of the initiatives met the signature deadline: http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2012/04/marijuana_legalization_efforts.php

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[greenforest32]

http://blog.norml.org/2012/05/05/connecticut-will-be-17th-state-to-legalize-medical-marijuana/

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Governor has said he will sign it I believe: http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2012/05/05/conn_senate_passes_medical_marijuana_bill/

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Also:

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[CatoMinor]

Awesomeness

Here in Texas the was a Marijuana march on the capitol Saturday, and our campus faculty NORML adviser gave a speech on the capitol steps.

[Modernity has failed us]

http://blog.norml.org/2012/05/05/connecticut-will-be-17th-state-to-legalize-medical-marijuana/

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Governor has said he will sign it I believe: http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2012/05/05/conn_senate_passes_medical_marijuana_bill/

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Also:

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[greenforest32]

Looks like the Missouri legalization initiative has failed to get enough signatures: http://show-mecannabis.com/important-announcement-from-show-me-cannabis-regulations-board-of-directors-3/

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[greenforest32]

There's a possibility both measures might appear on the ballot but I think IP-24 is more likely as they've already collected ~35k signatures and they started a few months ago while the Cannabis Tax Act initiative has ~42k signatures and they started in early-mid 2011.

Looking likely they'll both make the ballot: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/may092012/legalization-initiatives-mb.php

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Our Attorney General race might have drawn more attention to the issue as Republicans did not field a candidate and one of the two Democrats running in the D primary is running as a "law and order" candidate: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/medical-marijuana-oregon-attorney-general-race_n_1503341.html

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Hopefully Holton loses: http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=19eb906a-ae83-463b-9daa-3c3bda489d7d

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[greenforest32]

Hopefully Holton loses

About 80% of the vote counted and: http://oregonvotes.org/results/2012P/index.html

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[CatoMinor]

Sweet. How well do you think the two initiatives will do in the general election?