Backers of an initiative petition to legalize recreational marijuana in Oklahoma could clear a key hurdle this week.
Today, Monday, July 7, is the final day of a 90-day protest period for State Question 837. If no one challenges the initiative petition’s constitutionality by the end of the day, the campaign could be cleared to start collecting signatures within a matter of weeks. A challenge would draw out the process by several months.
State Question 837 is a constitutional amendment, requiring at least 172,993 valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. That’s nearly double the number of signatures that were required for State Question 820, an initiated state statute proposing recreational marijuana question that appeared on the ballot in March 2023. Nearly 62% of voters statewide rejected the measure.
