Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost rejects proposed referendum trying to overturn new marijuana law
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost rejected summary language Tuesday for a proposed referendum that would overturn a law that will change Ohio’s voter-passed recreational marijuana law and ban intoxicating hemp products.
Ohioans for Cannabis Choice filed a petition for a referendum to repeal Ohio Senate Bill 56, which is set to take effect March 20 after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the bill into law on Dec. 19. The referendum was filed with Yost’s office on Dec. 29.
“Upon review of the summary, we identified omissions and misstatements that, as a whole, would mislead a potential signer as to the scope and effect of S.B. 56,” Yost wrote in a response letter to the petitioners.
If Yost had certified the language, Ohioans for Cannabis Choice would have been able to start to collect signatures to get a referendum on the November ballot.
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