Arkansas Marijuana Legalization Initiative (2020)
| Arkansas Marijuana Legalization Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Marijuana | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Arkansas Marijuana Legalization Initiative was not on the ballot in Arkansas as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
Measure design
This measure would have legalized marijuana use for residents 21 years of age and older.[1]
Text of measure
Popular name
The popular name for this initiative is below:[1]
| “ | Arkansas Adult Use Cannabis Amendment[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Sponsors
This initiative was sponsored by Arkansans for Cannabis Reform.[3]
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Arkansas, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 10 percent of the votes cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election. Proponents must collect signatures equaling at least half of the designated percentage of gubernatorial votes in at least 50 of the state's counties. Signatures remain valid until the date of the next general election following the certification of ballot language. Signature petitions must be submitted four months prior to the election at which the measure is to appear.
The requirements to get initiated constitutional amendments certified for the 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: 89,151 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 3, 2020.
If the secretary of state certifies that enough signatures were submitted in a petition, the initiative is put on the ballot. If a petition fails to meet the signature requirement, but the petition has at least 75 percent of the valid signatures needed, petitioners have 30 days to collect additional signatures or demonstrate that rejected signatures are valid.
Details about this initiative
- Melissa Fults, executive director of the Drug Policy Education Group, filed this initiative. Arkansans for Cannabis Reform is sponsoring the measure.[4]
- Sponsors announced on June 27, 2020, that the measure would not appear on the ballot. Drug Policy Education Group - Arkansas wrote, "There are several factors that played a role in our inability to collect a sufficient number of signatures. The biggest factor being COVID, but also a lack of funding and a lack of volunteer participation."[5]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "Arkansas Adult Use Cannabis Amendment," accessed July 11, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, "State Ballot Issues in Arkansas," accessed June 4, 2020
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Initiatives and referenda," accessed July 11, 2019
- ↑ Drug Policy Education Group - Arkansas on Facebook, "June 27, 2020 9:24 PM Facebook post," accessed July 6, 2020
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