Ballot Initiatives

Some Kentucky Democrats have introduced bills to put an adult-use cannabis legalization question to voters during the next general election in 2026. The constitutional amendment would legalize cannabis home grows and establish a taxed-and-regulated marketplace.

Despite falling short of the 60% voter support required to adopt a Constitutional Amendment in Florida, advocates are gearing up for a new cannabis legalization campaign in the Sunshine State, aiming to appear on voter ballots in 2026.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) wants to change state law to allow citizen-led ballot initiatives, arguing that if the GOP-controlled Legislature won’t pass legislation or ask voters to weigh in on popular issues like reforming cannabis laws, then citizens should be allowed to take action in their place.

The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office appears to be setting up to appeal the recent dismissal of a lawsuit brought against two successful medical cannabis initiatives that state voters overwhelmingly approved last month.

South Dakota voters on Tuesday rejected the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization initiative.

Florida’s Amendment 3, which sought to legalize adult-use cannabis by writing the reforms into the State Constitution, on Tuesday failed to garner the 60% supermajority support required of such amendments.

Nebraska officials will count votes for and against the state’s medical cannabis legalization bid this week and will publish the results despite an ongoing legal challenge disputing the campaign’s petition signature-gathering process.

The trial over Nebraska’s two medical cannabis ballot initiatives began Tuesday after state officials challenged the proposals’ signature-gathering process. The initiatives, which together seek to legalize medical cannabis, will remain on state ballots but, depending on the trial, could be invalidated even if approved by voters.

Voter support for South Dakota’s ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis is trailing in the latest polls, with just 45% of voters saying they plan to vote yes for legalization.

A recent poll found that 66% of Florida voters are planning to vote yes on Amendment 3, which would make Florida the latest — and one of the largest — adult-use cannabis markets to launch in the U.S.

The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that this year’s ballot initiative to expand medical cannabis access in the state is “misleading” and, while it’s too late to pull the initiative from state ballots, votes on the issue will not be counted.

Officials with the Florida Chamber of Commerce have launched a website opposing Amendment 3, the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization amendment heading to voters this November.

Nebraska officials are questioning the validity of more than half of the already-validated signatures on the state’s petitions to legalize medical cannabis; advocates say the approach is “working to silence and disenfranchise” Nebraska citizens.

Arkansas state officials said the ballot initiative to expand the state’s medical cannabis program was more than 2,000 signatures short of what’s needed to qualify for November’s ballot.

With a combined $105.08 million in support and opposition funds, the Florida constitutional amendment to legalize adult-use cannabis is the most expensive legalization campaign in the U.S. since 2010.

West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Williams said he would support a voter referendum to legalize adult-use cannabis in the state.

Cannabis advocates in Idaho are preparing for a 2026 cannabis legalization campaign after another petition to put a medical cannabis legalization question before voters failed to gather enough signatures

Nebraska’s secretary of state said the state’s campaigns to legalize and regulate medical cannabis have qualified for the November ballot.

With about three months until the November election, two recent polls came to competing conclusions about the upcoming cannabis legalization vote in Florida.

Two organizations linked to North Dakota medical cannabis companies have provided the vast majority of the funds behind New Economic Frontier, the campaign pushing the state’s current adult-use legalization initiative.

North Dakota voters will consider adult-use cannabis reforms this November for the third time after rejecting similar proposals in 2018 and 2022.

Voters in Lockhart, Texas will decide this November whether police will de-prioritize cannabis enforcement; Lockhart voters will be joining Bastrop and Dallas in considering the reforms.

Oregon voters will decide this November whether cannabis industry workers should be allowed to unionize after lawmakers failed to adopt the reforms during the legislative session.

Advocates with the Arkansas campaign to expand the state’s medical cannabis program have been given more time to collect additional signatures.