Minnesota Pro-Cannabis Party Loses Major Party Status
Mon / Nov 14th
The Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party in Minnesota has lost its major party status in the state due to its inability to garner 5% of the votes in each of the last two elections.
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Mon / Nov 14th
The Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party in Minnesota has lost its major party status in the state due to its inability to garner 5% of the votes in each of the last two elections.
Thu / Nov 10th
Five Texas cities — Denton, Elgin, Harker Heights, Killeen, and San Marcos — voted in favor of decriminalizing low-level cannabis possession during Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Wed / Nov 9th
North Dakota voters rejected adult-use cannabis reforms for the second time during Tuesday’s elections.
Thu / Oct 27th
Six municipalities in Oregon will vote in the midterm elections on whether to ban the use and production of psychedelics within their jurisdictions.
Thu / Oct 27th
The New Hampshire Cannabis Party has endorsed candidates in the upcoming midterm elections who they believe will support cannabis legalization.
Wed / Oct 26th
A new survey found that 50.5% of South Dakota poll respondents plan to vote against the state’s adult-use cannabis initiative in the midterm elections.
Thu / Oct 6th
A Washington Post and University of Maryland poll found that 74% of Maryland voters support adult-use cannabis legalization.
Tue / Oct 4th
Iowa Democrats included adult-use cannabis legalization in their campaign platform for the upcoming November elections.
Tue / Sep 6th
Scott Jensen, the Republican nominee for Minnesota’s governorship, said that he supports decriminalizing small amounts of cannabis and letting voters decide whether to adopt legalization reforms.
Tue / Aug 30th
A new poll found that 54.4% of South Dakota voters disapprove of cannabis legalization ahead of the reforms appearing on state ballots this November.
Mon / Aug 29th
Multiple Oregon municipalities are planning to put psilocybin therapy bans on November election ballots after state voters opted to legalize the treatment in 2020.
Tue / Aug 16th
Internal polling data from Missouri NORML shows that 62% of voters are likely to back the state’s adult-use cannabis reforms during the November elections.
Thu / Jun 30th
The Green Leaf Party, Israel’s pro-cannabis faction, plans to run candidates in the upcoming elections for the first time since 2015.
Fri / Jun 3rd
Travel writer, television host, and NORML board chair Rick Steves announced he is dedicating up to $100,000 to support cannabis legalization efforts during the 2022 midterms.
Fri / May 27th
South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws’ campaign to get cannabis legalization on midterm ballots was successful and voters will get to decide on the issue this November.
Wed / Apr 6th
Maryland lawmakers have opted to put the question of whether to legalize adult-use cannabis to voters this November.
Tue / Mar 8th
South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws launched a signature-gathering campaign to place another cannabis legalization constitutional amendment before voters later this year.
Wed / Jan 12th
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said this week that people with low-level cannabis possession charges shouldn’t be sent to jail.
Tue / Nov 16th
Beto O’Rourke said that Texans “actually agree” on cannabis legalization when he announced his bid for the governor’s office on Monday.
Mon / Nov 8th
U.S. Senate hopeful Thomas McDermott Jr., from Indiana, revealed on a podcast that he consumed cannabis at two recent “Grateful Dead” concerts and said he would work to legalize cannabis if elected to office.
Tue / Oct 19th PRESS RELEASE
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Tue / Oct 12th
Protestors gathered across Mississippi on Saturday to demand that Gov. Tate Reeves (R) call a special session to pass the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act.
Mon / Sep 20th
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) is making cannabis legalization a centerpiece of his campaign for the U.S. Senate, saying “It’s always been the right thing to do.”
Fri / Jul 23rd
Cannabis industry consultant and lobbyist Jackie McGowan has launched her bid to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom in the state’s recall election in September.
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