Massachusetts officials have confirmed that a ballot initiative seeking to overturn the state’s law legalizing adult cannabis will go before voters in November. Marijuana moment reports.

The Elections Division of the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Office informed organizers last week that they had submitted 12,551 verified signatures during the second round of petitioning, narrowly clearing the requirement of 12,429 signatures for the Nov. 3, 2026 state election ballot. Under Massachusetts law, ballot campaigns must submit signatures in two rounds, with the Legislature given an opportunity to approve the proposed measures after the first presentation. Lawmakers declined to act on the cannabis proposal in May.

If approved by voters, the measure would repeal laws allowing regulated sales of adult-use cannabis and home cultivation, leaving the state’s legal possession and medical cannabis program intact. A coalition of cannabis business leaders, health care professionals and advocates has started a campaign opposing the proposal.

The campaign behind the repeal measure, the Coalition for a Healthy Massachusetts, previously suspended a signature gatherer after a video surfaced showing the person using fraudulent arguments while gathering signatures for the Massachusetts initiative and a similar proposal in Maine. The campaign said it has “zero tolerance” for fraudulent traffic tactics.

Cannabis advocates had opposed the Massachusetts proposal on grounds that included allegedly deceptive signature-gathering tactics, unrelated topics and an allegedly deficient official summary, but their effort was rejected by the State Voting Law Commission and the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. After last week’s decision, cannabis businesses in Massachusetts came forward another challenge until repeal.

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The Democratic front-runner for governor of Kansas is calling for the legalization of medical and adult cannabis in the state. In one video posted on Facebook from the parking lot of a dispensary in Missouri — just across the state line from her Johnson County home, state Sen. Cindy Holscher noted that the place was “full of Kansas license plates.”

“That’s a lot of Kansas tax dollars going straight into Missouri’s pocket. Most Kansas voters think marijuana should be legal in our state, but because it’s not Kansas, we buy it out of state and we miss the opportunity to raise more money for schools and public services.” — Holscher in a video posted to Facebook

Holscher noted that last year Missouri collected $255 million in tax dollars from cannabis sales in the state.

“This is real money that can make a big difference for Kansans,” Holscher said in the video. “Legalization means we will build an industry in Kansas of farmers and small businesses and keep our tax dollars in the state to benefit our schools.”

Holscher added that legalizing cannabis is “common sense” and that adults should be allowed to consume cannabis “safely and responsibly”.

or last survey by Change Research, commissioned by Civic Clarity, which operates the Capitol Bee news entity, found Holscher with 37% support among poll respondents, while Johnson County state Sen. Ethan Corson received 10% support and Overland Park Mayor Curt Skoog at 7%.

or Kansas Speaks Poll published in February found that 70% of Kansans support the legalization of medical cannabis, while 60% support adult-use reforms.

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