Massachusetts voters to decide marijuana repeal question after challenge rejected

Massachusetts voters will decide in November whether to repeal the state's legal recreational marijuana law, after the State Ballot Law Commission rejected a challenge to the repeal petition on Tuesday. The commission overruled an objection, allowing the proposal to be printed as a ballot question. This sets the stage for a high-stakes vote on the future of cannabis legalization in the Bay State, which first legalized recreational marijuana in 2016. The decision follows a legal challenge by opponents of the repeal effort, who argued the petition was procedurally flawed. The commission's ruling clears the way for voters to directly decide the fate of the state's cannabis market.