COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Pro-pot group ResponsibleOhio turned in 695,273 signatures on Tuesday in an attempt to put its marijuana legalization issue on the November ballot.
At least 305,591 of those signatures must belong to registered Ohio voters to qualify for the ballot. The group must also meet a threshold of signatures in 44 of 88 counties.
ResponsibleOhio Executive Director Ian James was confident the group will meet that mark in 72 counties.
"This [amendment] is about allowing the voters to do what the Statehouse hasn't been able to do for 18 years," James said at a press conference before boxes of petitions were unloaded from a U-Haul truck and into the secretary of state's office.
