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Voters in Alaska will decide in the coming months if their state will become the third in the country to legalize cannabis for recreational use after the issue qualified for a ballot measure.

Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell announced Wednesday that he had formally certified a petition campaign after more than 36,000 state residents signed the document asking for a vote to legalize the sale and use of marijuana.

The initiative, which attracted 6,000 more signatures than necessary to qualify for a ballot measure, will be put up for a vote during the state’s primary election on August 17.