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A process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes.

Some states even allow placement of constitutional amendments on the ballot.

The first state to adopt the initiative was South Dakota in 1898.

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States have included the initiative process into their constitutions from 1898 to as late as 1992.

Mississippi is the latest state to add the initiative process.

24 states in total have it.

No two states have exactly the same requirements for qualifying initiatives to be placed on the ballot.

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Anyone at least 21 years old or older with a valid state license.
-Can use, possess, grow, cultivate, and share up to 8 ounces and 4 plants.

Anyone at least 21 years old with or without a license can purchase, possess, transport, use, and share up to 1 ounce.

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November 3, 2015 on ballot.

Known as Issue 3.

Would legalize the limited sale and use of recreational and medical marijuana and create 10 facilities with exclusive rights to grow it.