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TexasTowelie

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Mon Sep 4, 2017, 10:36 PM Sep 2017

Oklahoma's 2018 ballot will include state questions

Each year, Oklahomans get a chance to vote on state questions that make both minor and major changes in law. Already, there are three that could be put on the November 2018 ballot.

Voters will decide whether to approve medical marijuana. A petition drive last year narrowly gathered enough signatures to appear on the ballot, but organizers of the campaign finished too late to secure a 2016 vote.

Another state question could put optometry services inside retail businesses. The petition process has begun, but it's being challenged in court by the Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians.

The third measure that would appear before voters in 2018 is Marsy's Law, which expands the rights of crime victims. Lawmakers approved the legislative referendum this year. Like the medical marijuana question, Marsy's Law only needs to be scheduled for a statewide vote.

Read more: http://newsok.com/article/5562384

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