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Missouri Changes to Medical Marijuana Program Initiative (2022)
| Missouri Changes to Medical Marijuana Program Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Marijuana | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Changes to Medical Marijuana Program Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The initiative would have made changes to the medical marijuana program passed by voters in 2018 by allowing medical marijuana patients to grow marijuana for personal use, decreasing the cost of a patient identification card from $100 to $25, and allowing up to three primary caregivers for a medical marijuana patient.[1][2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was follows:[2]
| “ | Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to allow qualifying medical marijuana patients to:
State governmental entities estimate initial costs of $800,000, ongoing costs of $16 million annually by 2024, and an unknown reduction in revenues that could be significant totaling at least $3 million annually by 2024. Local governments estimate no costs or savings.[3] |
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Full text
- The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Missouri, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for governor in the previous gubernatorial election in six of the eight state congressional districts. Signatures must be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election.
The requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement was 171,592 valid signatures. The actual requirement depends on the congressional districts in which signatures were collected.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was May 8, 2022.
Once the signatures have been filed with the secretary of state, the secretary copies the petition sheets and transmits them to county election authorities for verification. The secretary of state may choose whether the signatures are to be verified by a 5 percent random sample or full verification. If the random sampling projects between 90 percent and 110 percent of required signatures, a full check of all signatures is required. If more than 110 percent, the initiative is certified, and, if less than 90 percent, the initiative fails.
Details about this initiative
- On July 15, 2021, Eric McSwain filed the initiative.[2]
- On August 27, 2021, the secretary of state cleared the initiative for signature gathering.[2]
- This initiative did not meet the signature requirements by the May 8, 2022 deadline.[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Full text," accessed August 31, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Missouri Secretary of State, "List of petitions," accessed August 31, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2022 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed May 9, 2022
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