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Question of the Day By KEITH RIDLER - Associated Press - Saturday, April 17, 2021
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Saturday signed legislation making it more difficult to get initiatives or referendums on ballots in what is widely seen as an attempt to stop a medical marijuana initiative and other left-leaning causes in the conservative state.
The Republican governor signed into law the measure backers said is needed because the current process favors urban voters. Opponents said the measure would make it nearly impossible to get initiatives on ballots. Little in his letter to lawmakers approving the bill sided with those who worry urban voters have too much say in the initiative process.
Constitutional ban on legal marijuana dies
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Constitutional ban on legal marijuana dies in Idaho House
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Constitutional ban on legal marijuana dies in Idaho House
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) A proposed constitutional amendment that would have prevented the legalization of marijuana and other drugs without the approval of two-thirds of the Idaho Legislature died in the House on Thursday.
The legislation failed to attain the two-thirds majority needed for a proposed constitutional amendment and died on the 42-28 vote. It needed 47 votes to pass.
The legislation had already cleared the Senate. Had it passed the House, it would have gone to voters in 2022, needing only a simple majority.
Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated House during the two-hour debate clashed on two main themes: the help marijuana can give those living with unending pain and the damage it can cause those, especially young people, who overdo its recreational use.
Constitutional ban on legal marijuana dies in Idaho House
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