© 2024 Public Radio Tulsa
800 South Tucker Drive
Tulsa, OK 74104
(918) 631-2577

A listener-supported service of The University of Tulsa
classical 88.7 | public radio 89.5
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Medical Marijuana Supporters Hope for Ballot in November

Facebook

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Supporters of medical marijuana who want to let Oklahoma voters decide the issue in November say they aren't sure if they have the nearly 66,000 signatures they need to get the proposal on the ballot.

The group Oklahomans for Health dropped off several boxes of signatures late Thursday at the Secretary of State's office, hoping to qualify the petition for the ballot in November.

Former Democratic state Rep. Joe Dorman, who is helping to spearhead the effort, says he's "cautiously optimistic" the group has the 65,987 signatures from registered voters that it needs. Dorman says grassroots supporters from across the state pitched in and dropped off signatures before Thursday's 5 p.m. deadline.

If unsuccessful, Dorman says supporters plan to launch a new effort to qualify for the ballot in 2018.