OCTA2012 likely to appear on the ballot (Oregon MJ legalization ballot initiative)

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purklize

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SALEM, Oregon (Reuters) - Oregon will soon qualify as the third U.S. state to ask voters in November to legalize marijuana for recreational use in a move that could put the state on a collision course with the federal government, proponents said on Friday.

Backers of the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act said they have collected 165,000 signatures on petitions seeking to put the measure on the ballot, nearly double the 87,000 they were required to submit by Friday's deadline to qualify.

"We believe we're going to make it easily," said Paul Stanford, the chief petitioner and founder of the Hemp and Cannabis Foundation, which runs medical marijuana clinics in several states.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-marijuana-oregonbre8650vx-20120706,0,1930463.story

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geekmike

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they had some that were invalid so they just submitted an additional 60k in addition to make sure it goes over the required amount of sugnatures for a ballot initiative.
 
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purklize

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Don't let this opportunity slip, do what you can to help this pass. A significant majority of Americans (56% according to a Rasmussen poll) support legal mj and the numbers are surely higher in Oregon. There's a very real chance it will pass. Don't let any of your buddies think they should be voting against this because it will become corporate, the law would allow everyone to grow without a license (so you wouldn't be dependent on dispensaries) and besides, with the feds around, there will be no Walmarts of weed.
 
indicapimp

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I never vote but im ready this time that way I cant bitch if it dosent pass. so if I can you can too ((( lets do this)))
 
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UrpleMoss

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Here's the current status...still seems like it may not make it...but I hope it does:

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But it's still nail-biting time as state election officials can take up to a month to validate signatures, and they have already invalidated signatures handed in earlier at a record rate. At the end of May, OCTA turned in 108,000 signatures, only to have nearly half of them invalidated, a shockingly high percentage of disqualifications.

With only 55,000 valid signatures from that first batch of 108,000, that means OCTA has to come up with 32,000 valid signatures from that second batch of 57,000. If the same rate of invalidation holds, the measure will fall just short."

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2012/jul/06/oregon_marijuana_initiative_hand
 
jd123

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UrpleMoss said:
Here's the current status...still seems like it may not make it...but I hope it does:

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But it's still nail-biting time as state election officials can take up to a month to validate signatures, and they have already invalidated signatures handed in earlier at a record rate. At the end of May, OCTA turned in 108,000 signatures, only to have nearly half of them invalidated, a shockingly high percentage of disqualifications.

With only 55,000 valid signatures from that first batch of 108,000, that means OCTA has to come up with 32,000 valid signatures from that second batch of 57,000. If the same rate of invalidation holds, the measure will fall just short."

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2012/jul/06/oregon_marijuana_initiative_hand
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from my understanding there are two deadlines. may 25th and july 6th. they failed from invalid signatures on the first one. but have turned in 165,000 for the second. which if they have a 50+% invalidity rate they will fail again.
 
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UrpleMoss

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The total number of signatures turned in (including the early turn in) is: 167,845. They need 32,000 good signatures out of the 2nd turn in of ~60,000. It is right on the razor's edge of qualifying.

http://octa2012.org/
 
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purklize

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I don't know how the court processes these lawsuits - hopefully this has a real chance. From a brief glance at the evidence it seems the case against Kate Brown is strong - entire pages of signatures were invalidated on the basis of a single crossed out word being found anywhere on the page. It's obvious to the layperson these signatures should stand and the methods employed by her office are beyond suspect.
 
DuplicatePie

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I can't remember exactly what this lying dipshit said word for word, but on the news earlier they were talking about this. They showed this "doctor" give his opinion on it, to which he said something along the lines of, "It just doesn't make sense to me since we know that at least for adolescents, marijuana is a gateway drug." While not maybe his exact words, that is the exact message he erroneously gave. I don't know what medical school this clown purports to have graduated from, but he is certain a quack charlatan. First of all, we know that it isn't a gateway drug. I'd be willing to venture a guess to say that the majority of Americans, Canadians, Mexicans, Europeans, etc. have use cannabis, and the majority of that majority never goes on to be addicted to coke/heroin. B) It doesn't fucking matter if that false claim you made were actually true. The law, that had better get passed, doesn't allow for minors to use it, only 21+.
You can try and say that because it's legal that minors will have an easier time getting it, but we also know that is a fallacy. State run stores, such as liquor stores, have to be very certain the person they are selling to is of legal age, or else they face major repercussions...drug dealers don't generally give a shit, I know the people I bought from didn't. Yes people under 21 will buy, smoke, and likely even sell cannabis after OCTA passes, but how in the hell is that any different than now?
 
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