Hailey, ID: Municipal voters in Hailey, Idaho will vote this November on a series of local initiatives seeking to liberalize marijuana penalties.
Four separate ballot questions will appear on the November 6 ballot, including language that calls upon local police to make marijuana law enforcement their lowest priority. In recent years, voters in various cities nationwide – including Seattle, Washington and Columbia, Missouri – have enacted similar measures.
Separate ballot questions will address the use of medical cannabis and industrial hemp, as well as the regulation of marijuana for personal use.
Last year, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled that citizens can vote on the issue of legalizing marijuana – even if the proposed initiative conflicts with state and federal laws.
The sponsor of the initiatives, the Liberty Lobby of Idaho, is also seeking to place marijuana-law reform questions on the ballots in Ketchum and Sun Valley.
For more information on these and other pending ballot measures, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500.