{"id":151230,"date":"2018-08-13T14:52:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T19:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=151230"},"modified":"2018-08-13T14:52:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T19:52:59","slug":"legalizing-recreational-marijuana-on-nov-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=151230","title":{"rendered":"Legalizing recreational marijuana on Nov ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-134989\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/marijunanaplant.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/marijunanaplant.jpg 259w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/marijunanaplant-234x175.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana in North Dakota have succeeded in bringing the matter to a public vote later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents submitted more than the required 13,452 valid petition signatures to get a measure on the November general election ballot, Secretary of State Al Jaeger announced Monday. Supporters submitted 17,695 signatures last month, and 14,637 were deemed valid, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Legalize ND campaign was able to successfully channel the grassroots enthusiasm for recreational marijuana,\u201d said David Owen, chairman of the citizen group behind the petition drive.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal seeks to legalize marijuana for people 21 and older and also seal the records of anyone convicted of a marijuana-related crime that would be made legal under the measure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana in North Dakota have succeeded in bringing the matter to a public vote later this year. Proponents submitted more than the required 13,452 valid petition signatures to get a measure on the November general election ballot, Secretary of State Al Jaeger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":134989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151231,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151230\/revisions\/151231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/134989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}