Ohio AG Yost Certifies Title and Summary Language for Proposed Marijuana Restriction Referendum

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office today certified the title and summary language for a proposed referendum aimed at repealing Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Senate Bill 56, which authorizes changes to the state’s homegrown, medical- and adult-use marijuana laws.

The Attorney General’s Office received a resubmitted written petition for the referendum on Jan. 20. Under Ohio law, the attorney general determines whether a petition’s title and summary are fair and truthful representations of the proposed referendum.

The summary and title meet that standard.

“My certification. . .  should not be construed as an affirmation of the enforceability and constitutionality of the referendum petition,” Attorney General Dave Yost wrote in the letter certifying the petition.

To move forward, petitioners must gather signatures from registered voters in at least 44 of Ohio’s 88 counties. In each of those counties, the number of valid signatures must equal at least 3% of the total votes cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election. Statewide, the total number of valid signatures must equal 6% of that same vote total.

The full text of the both Attorney General Yost’s letter and the petition is available at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/Petitions.