States where marijuana legalization will be on the ballot
New Jersey. A constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana is on the ballot. It would legalize the possession, cultivation, processing, transport, and distribution of marijuana under the purview of the already-existing Cannabis Regulatory Commission, with sales subject to the state's sales tax.
This is not a citizens' initiative — the state doesn't have those — but a legislative one. After the governor and the legislature couldn't manage to come to agreement on a legalization bill last year, the state's elected officials punted, instead passing a resolution in December that refers the question to the state's voters.
Prospects for passage in November appear good. The most recent polling — now nearly a year old — had support for legalization at 62 percent and trending upward over previous years.