North Dakota Cannabis Legalization Initiative Garners Enough Signatures For November Ballot, Activists Say
New Economic Frontier, which is behind the push to legalize marijuana in North Dakota, said on Tuesday that the campaign had gathered enough signatures to place the initiative on the November ballot, reported Marijuana Moment.
The deadline to submit the signatures to the state is Monday, July 8.
“After months of hard work and incredible community support, we are ready to submit our collected signatures at the North Dakota State Capitol,” New Economic Frontier said in an email on Tuesday.
Chairperson Steve Bakken, a Burleigh County commissioner and former mayor of Bismarck, said last week that the signatures have been self-validated so far.
“Once we know the bill is going to be on the ballot, then it turns into opportunities to talk about what cannabis can do for North Dakota from a judicial and law enforcement perspective,” Bakken said, according to Minot Daily …