Pubdate: Fri, 27 Jun 2014
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal (NV)
Copyright: 2014 Las Vegas Review-Journal
Website: http://www.lvrj.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/233
Page: 3B

POT ADVOCATES DELIVER PETITIONS IN OREGON

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Sponsors of an initiative to legalize recreational
marijuana traveled to Salem on Thursday with enough signed petitions
to bring their total signatures to 145,000, far more than needed for
the initiative to qualify for the November ballot.

Members of the group New Approach Oregon delivered the petitions to
the Secretary of State's Office, where the signatures will be counted
and verified.

The Elections Division will use a statistical sampling process to
validate the accuracy of the signatures, which needs to be completed
by Aug. 2.

The initiative needs just over 87,000 signatures to qualify to put the
measure on the ballot. With a cushion of more than 57,000 signatures,
supporters are confident they have met the requirement.

If Oregonians approve the measure in November, the state would join
Colorado and Washington state in legalizing recreational pot.

The group's proposal would legalize pot for adults over 21, while
giving the Oregon Liquor Control Commission the authority to regulate
and tax marijuana.

The full details of that regulation are not spelled out in the 36-page
initiative and will only be developed by the liquor board if the
measure passes.
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