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Michigan Marijuana Legalization Initiative (2016)
| Michigan Marijuana Legalization Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Marijuana | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Marijuana Legalization Initiative was not put on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Michigan as an indirect initiated state statute.
The measure would legalize, regulate and tax recreational marijuana.[1]
Adults age 21 and older would be permitted to possess and use marijuana and to cultivate 2 plants per dwelling. The initiative would also allow for the taxation of revenue from commercial marijuana operations.[2][3]
Text of measure
Ballot summary
The ballot summary was:[3]
| “ | An initiation of legislation to allow under state law the personal possession and use of marihuana by persons 21 years of age or older; to provide for the lawful cultivation and sale of marihuana and marihuana-infused products by persons 21 years of age or older; to permit the taxation of revenue derived from commercial marihuana facilities and to require that any such taxes be used for the purposes of education, public safety and public health; to permit the legislature to require licensing of commercial marihuana facilities by establishing a Michigan Cannabis Control Board, which board would be responsible for enforcement and administration of this act, including the promulgation of administrative rules. This proposal is to be voted on at the November 8, 2016 general election.[4] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure could be found here.
Polls
| Michigan Marijuana Legalization | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Support | Oppose | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| EPIC-MRA 12/10/2014 - 12/14/2014 | 50.0% | 46.0% | 4.0% | +/-4.0 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Path to the ballot
Supporters needed to collect at least 252,523 valid signatures to make the 2016 ballot in Michigan. Supporters had to collect the signatures during a 180-day window that they designated for themselves, with an ultimate deadline of June 1, 2016, in order to qualify the initiative for the November 2016 ballot. If supporters collected enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, the measure would be sent to the legislature for consideration. If the legislature approved the measure, it would not be on the ballot.
Related measures
The first attempt to legalize marijuana through the initiative process came in 1972, when California activists got an initiative certified for the ballot. The measure was defeated. Marijuana legalization advocates had their breakthrough election in 2012, when both Washington and Colorado legalized recreational marijuana. Oregonians rejected a legalization measure that same year, but approved one two years later in 2014. As of the beginning of 2016, recreational marijuana had been legalized in four states and Washington, D.C. All legalizations came through the initiative process. As of the beginning of 2016, medical marijuana was legal in 25 states.[5]
More than 60 statewide marijuana-related initiatives were submitted for the 2016 ballot. The table below shows the marijuana-related measures that qualified for the 2016 election ballot:
The following table includes past initiative attempts in the United States to legalize marijuana:
See also
- 2016 ballot measures
- Michigan 2016 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Michigan
Footnotes
- ↑ MLive, "Michigan marijuana legalization proposals - and a potential race to the ballot - in the works for 2016," February 19, 2015
- ↑ ABC 7, "Marijuana legalization ballot initiative planned in Michigan," March 12, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "Initiative Petition Amendment to the Constitution," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ ProCon.org, "25 Legal Medical Marijuana States and DC," June 28, 2016
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