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Missouri voters to decide whether to legalize marijuana in November

JEFFERSON CITY — Missourians will vote Nov. 8 on full legalization of marijuana, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced Tuesday.

Ashcroft, a Republican, said his office confirmed that the campaign to place a legalization question on the ballot indeed collected enough signatures for voters to weigh in this fall, despite unofficial reports from counties last month indicating the effort would fall short.

At the same time, Ashcroft said a plan to institute ranked-choice voting did not collect enough signatures to make the November ballot. The campaign backing the measure, Better Elections, expressed disappointment.

Legal Missouri 2022, which had poured nearly $6 million into the marijuana campaign, now must convince a majority of Missouri voters to back legalizing marijuana in the Nov. 8 general election.