COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Ohio's Supreme Court has ordered a rewrite of some ballot wording in a dispute involving a proposal to legalize marijuana, while allowing the issue's title containing the word “monopoly'' to stand.
The ruling affects how the pot initiative will be phrased on ballots when voters decide the issue in the Nov. 3 election. The decision comes as overseas and military absentee ballots are slated to be sent Saturday.
Secretary of State Jon Husted says the state's Ballot Board will meet this week to decide new ballot phrasing. The court ordered four paragraphs replaced.
The proposed constitutional amendment, known as Issue 3, would allow anyone 21 and older to buy marijuana for medicinal or personal use. It creates a network of 10 authorized growing locations and creates a regulatory scheme.
