Ballot Initiatives

With about three months until the November election, two recent polls came to competing conclusions about the upcoming cannabis legalization vote in Florida.

Two organizations linked to North Dakota medical cannabis companies have provided the vast majority of the funds behind New Economic Frontier, the campaign pushing the state’s current adult-use legalization initiative.

North Dakota voters will consider adult-use cannabis reforms this November for the third time after rejecting similar proposals in 2018 and 2022.

Voters in Lockhart, Texas will decide this November whether police will de-prioritize cannabis enforcement; Lockhart voters will be joining Bastrop and Dallas in considering the reforms.

Oregon voters will decide this November whether cannabis industry workers should be allowed to unionize after lawmakers failed to adopt the reforms during the legislative session.

Advocates with the Arkansas campaign to expand the state’s medical cannabis program have been given more time to collect additional signatures.

Voters in Bastrop, Texas are set to consider a cannabis decriminalization proposal this November after city officials certified the petition submitted earlier this year.

Multistate medical cannabis company Trulieve has contributed another $5 million to the Smart & Safe Florida campaign seeking to legalize adult-use cannabis; Trulieve’s latest contribution brings the company’s total to $60.39 million.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said this week that the cannabis legalization ballot amendment appearing before voters this November should not have been approved for the state ballot.

Officials in Dallas, Texas have given final approval to a cannabis decriminalization petition that will let voters decide this November whether to make low-level cannabis possession the city’s “lowest enforcement priority.”

Advocates in the Texas cities of Bastrop, Dallas, and Lockhart have submitted enough signatures to put a cannabis decriminalization question before voters in each of the cities this November.

Massachusetts officials have confirmed that voters will decide this November whether to legalize psychedelics including DMT, mescaline, ibogaine, psilocybin, and psilocin for adults aged 21+.

Cannabis advocates in North Dakota submitted more than 22,000 petition signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office in support of putting an adult-use cannabis legalization question on November ballots. The initiative needs 15,582 valid signatures to qualify.

A new poll found that Florida’s constitutional amendment for the legalization of adult-use cannabis has support among 64% of voters; Florida constitutional amendments require 60% of voters to pass.

Nebraska cannabis advocates have submitted more than 114,000 signatures for their petition to legalize medical cannabis in the state.

Arkansas advocates submitted more than 111,000 signatures in support of a ballot initiative that would dramatically expand the state’s medical cannabis program, including provisions to remove application fees for patients and enable home grows.

The political action committee formed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to oppose the state’s cannabis legalization vote in November fundraised just $10,000 during its first five weeks.

Dallas could be the next city in Texas to adopt local cannabis decriminalization reforms if the City Council approves the Dallas Freedom Act for local ballots later this month.

South Dakota voters will get another shot at legalizing adult-use cannabis this November after the secretary of state said they validated enough petition signatures to put a legalization question on the 2024 general election ballot.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is reportedly considering vetoing the legislature’s ban on products containing hemp-derived delta-8 THC and other intoxicating cannabinoids in hopes that the hemp industry will help defeat Florida’s upcoming cannabis legalization ballot initiative.

Following the recent failure of a state bid to legalize psychedelic treatment centers in California, advocates now say they are considering a 2026 state ballot measure to address psychedelics reform.

The Florida GOP Executive Board unanimously passed a resolution over the weekend opposing the cannabis legalization amendment set to appear before voters during this November’s election.

Voters in Lubbock, Texas rejected a local cannabis decriminalization ballot measure over the weekend with nearly 65% of voters opposing the reforms.

Cannabis advocates in North Dakota have been cleared by the secretary of state’s office to start collecting voter signatures to put a legalization question on November ballots.