Pro-pot proposal takes a big hit: Overwhelmingly, voters just saying no to legalization (David Montero, November 8, 2006, Rocky Mountain News)
By about a 2-1 ratio, voters snuffed out a measure that would have allowed adults 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of marijuana.
With 701 precincts reporting, it appeared to be doomed to defeat, especially since it was barely getting a split vote in traditionally liberal Boulder County.
That was the news Robert McGuire, spokesman for the Colorado Chapter of Save Our Society from Drugs, had been waiting to hear.
“We’re pretty happy with the way things turned out,” he said. “Our goal was to beat it badly enough so we don’t see it again on the ballot.
Voters reject marijuana measure (OMAR SOFRADZIJA, 11/08/06, Las Vegas REVIEW-JOURNAL)
Nevada voters were just saying no to legalizing marijuana, welcoming a hike in the state’s minimum wage and keeping alive eminent domain reform, among other decisions on ballot initiatives on Tuesday’s ballot.
With at least 1,620 of 1,913 precincts statewide reporting, Question 7, which would have allowed Nevada residents 21 years of age or older to possess an ounce of marijuana or less, was being rejected by 56 percent of voters. Only 44 percent were in support.
Las Vegas police Lt. Stan Olsen, who oversees legislative affairs for the department and who worked against Question 7, said the measure, the latest in a string of failed efforts to legalize the drug here, was pushed by outsiders rather than Nevadans.
