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Citizen-initiated amendment: Amendment 3, would legalize possession of up to 3 ounces of recreational cannabis for adults aged 21 and over, allows Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers, and other state licensed entities, to acquire, process and distribute cannabis products. This amendment failed.
An initiated constitutional amendment is an amendment to a state's constitution that results from petitioning by a state's citizens. By utilizing this initiative process, citizens can propose and vote on constitutional amendments directly, without need of legislative referral. When a sufficient number of citizens have signed a petition ...
Legislatively-referred amendment: August 2023 Ohio Issue 1, which would raise the threshold for ballot measures to amend the state constitution, requiring petition signatures from all 88 counties in the state instead of the current 44, removing a 10-day period for curing of petition signatures, and increasing the electoral threshold for passage ...
Amendment 3 is a citizen led initiative and its ballot summery states: It “allows adults 21 years or older to possess, purchase, or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non ...
Amendment 3, which would have allowed adults 21 and older to buy and use marijuana without a medical card, got about 56% of the vote, short of the 60% needed to pass. ... State agencies also ran ...
Amendment 3 failed, with only 55.89% of the votes in favor. It would have allowed for the possession, purchase, and use of marijuana for non-medical purposes by adults 21 and up. Martin County
An instrument of direct democracy, it is in contrast to citizens (or "bottom-up") initiative that is initiated from the public. [2] [5] With initiated statutes and amendments, voters both initiate and decide on the change of law. In a legislative referral, they only approve or reject laws which their legislature votes to place before them.
Jul. 7—Issue 1, up for a statewide vote on Aug. 8, proposes making it harder to pass a constitutional amendment and making it harder for citizen-initiated amendments to get on the ballot in the ...