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There's a 30-day "grace" period following the actual elections to count absentee and mailed votes, etc. The absolute final results should be in by early December at the latest. Whomever wins will take office in January IIRC.

Technically... there is. And funny enough, it's the same way that Alcohol Prohibition was ended. State conventions were used to ratify the 21st Amendment, primarily because of the fear of overly convoluted politics at the state legislature level. This is why I keep saying that those people in...

If Ohioans want legalization, then Ohioans should lobby for legalization in their state. If you aren't willing to fight for your rights, you don't deserve them.

The measure only lost by about 5%. I'm willing to bet that if all or most of the cannabis users had sided together instead of being divided, it probably would have passed. Which, in my opinion, puts us in a sweet position for some real possibilities in a presidential election year.

Because some people can't move on. Glad you aren't one of them, Dan.

I'm fairly certain we can't submit legislation or start gathering signatures until the year of the election, but you are right in that it's time to get all sides at the same table to write effective policy. I expect that numerous groups will probably start in good faith over the next few weeks...

Or... you can get over and get on to the work of making 2012 the year we come up with a legalization effort that we can all support. Even most proponents agreed that Prop. 19 wasn't perfect. Hell, some even admitted it was badly written, but were willing to accept it as something instead of...

:clap: Cheers indeed. I don't mind the vigorous debate at all. In fact, you've been one of the few reasonable proponents throughout this process. I agree we all want an end to the prohibition, but there's still a lot of leeway in what way that end will come. Like I said earlier... this...

Indeed... roughly 15,000 votes saved our collective butts.

OK... can't make it. 93.8% reported in and 46.2% v. 45.5%. I seriously hope Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties don't screw things up. GL everyone.

/me adds more hours of sleep to his post-mortem task list. Must.... know.... results.... :eyesmoke:

stupid election results page!!! stop saying close contest already!!:cuss: bloody hell... 45,000ish votes is a damn slim margin.

90.6% reported in, still 46.1% v. 45.6%. GAH!!!! Can't sleep until I know! Hurry up you damn ballot counters!

90.2% reporting in and 46.1% v 45.6% Go Go Harris!

And we can all get back to the task of writing effective legislation. Look at it this way... You almost got a bill passed that even you admitted had major flaws and was inadequate in it's language. We have two years to reconcile the issues of that bill and/or work on getting CCCHI more...