If voters say yes, the Buckeye State will be the sixth and, with nearly 11.6 million residents, the most populous jurisdiction to legalize marijuana, joining Colorado, Washington State, Oregon, Alaska and the District of Columbia. Millions of dollars ready for campaign in favor 
 
 ResponsibleOhio's investors have pledged to spend $20 million in the 83 days until Nov. 3 on a sophisticated election effort, including a bus tour, Internet advertising, television and radio advertising, voter registration drives and door-to-door canvassing.  The Buckeye state will put pot legalization to the ballot on Nov. 3, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted confirmed . If the measure passes, however, legalization might take a while: in June, the Ohio Legislature hurriedly placed a measure, Issue 2, that prohibited "a monopoly, oligopoly or cartel" in Ohio of federally-controlled substances like marijuana. Putting marijuana legalization on the ballot took a couple tries: Ohio's first attempt failed, but pro-pot advocate group ResponsibleOhio , a driving force behind the initiative, pulled through with the minimum 305,591 signatures.
– Ohio could become the fifth state in the country to legalize recreational marijuana after it was announced today that backers collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the Nov. 3 general election, Time reports. ResponsibleOhio, the organization behind the proposed constitutional amendment, collected 320,267 signatures, nearly 15,000 more than needed, notes the Cincinnati Enquirer. ResponsibleOhio plans to spend at least $20 million to sway voters in what appears to be the best-financed marijuana legalization effort in US history. Yet many are speaking out against the push, including Republicans like Gov. John Kasich and Attorney General Mike DeWine, who says it's "a stupid idea." Marijuana is already legal in Washington, Colorado, Alaska, Oregon, and Washington, DC.