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Isaac Caviness of Green The Vote-OK has announced that his group's two initiative petitions for Cannabis law reforms are closing in on the constitutional amendments. SQ796 has about 94,000 signatures of the 123,000 needed to change Medical Marijuana to a constitutional amendment. SQ 797 has surpassed 104,000 signatures enroute to the 123,000 they need to present a constitutional amendment, removing the state's prohibition on adult cannabis usage. Cavaness says his volunteers are seeking a cushion of 25,000 extra signatures before they submit their forms back to the secretary of state. If these matters are resolved prior to Sept. 1st, the two questions will meet the deadline for inclusion on the Nov. 6th general election ballot. But Gov. Mary Fallin could use her dictatorial powers once again, to stop the vote from occuring. It is exactly that type of sabotage bythe State Board of Health which has given passionate motivation to the constitutional amendment initiative. |
'Green the Vote' leaders held their weekly video conference on sunday afternoon, from a Tulsa CBD oil retail location. L-R: Dody Sullivan, Isaac Caviness, Chris Moe, John Frasure
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Okla. Dept. of Health director, Tom Bates (left) looks despondent while his oversight board president, Tim Starkey (right) declares the passage of two amendments which the department's attorneys warned them 'was unlawful'.
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Fellow board member, Chris 'Uncle Grumpy' Moe said that the subversive actions of the 9 Oklahoma Board of Health members have infuriated even a large percentage of those who did not support SQ788. When Gov. Fallin enacted the subversive changes, it effectively made it impossible for Oklahoma business to provide the cannabis medicines in a manner which is affordable. The activist groups who worked on the successful SQ788 over the past 4 years did file a lawsuit against the governor and the Board of Health (Fallin appointees) on Wednesday. Until Tuesday, the movement pushing medical cannabis had begun to splinter and seek to leverage the new industry regulations to the advantage of their clients. New Health Solutions Oklahoma and Oklahoma Cannabis Trade Assoc. were jockeying for the legislature's ear on new statutes. Now we appear to be headed for another clash over whether or not the Fallin Administration and the Attorney General's office will attempt to stall the SQ797 matter until after this November's election. |
Political analysts predict that if bad faith is suspected by govt. officials to keep SQ797 stalled, the Democrat party may greatly benefit, due to the widespread outrage toward Gov. Fallin.
