Advocates for legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota have submitted petitions to get the issue once again on the November ballot
Advocates of legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota, a mission with a rocky history, submitted thousands of signatures to election officials on Tuesday in the hopes of once again getting the issue on the conservative state's November ballot. Supporters of the initiative turned in about 29,000 signatures to Secretary of State Monae Johnson's office. They need 17,508 valid signatures to make the November ballot. Johnson's office has until Aug. 13 to validate the signatures.
Protecting South Dakota Kids, a nonprofit group that opposes legalizing marijuana in the state, fought against the 2022 effort. The Associated Press left a phone message seeking comment on the 2024 initiative with the organization's chairman, Jim Kinyon. In a pamphlet issued in opposition to the 2022 measure, he wrote that legalization “would swing the door wide open for higher crime rates, increased suicide rates, traffic fatalities, workplace injuries, and mental health problems.
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