North Dakota Measure 5 Election Results

North Dakota measures would end local property taxes and legalize recreational marijuana
North Dakota voters are deciding ballot measures to do away with the property tax, legalize recreational marijuana and to raise the bar for citizens to amend the state constitution
Measure to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota not called
North Dakota’s Measure 5 which would legalize recreational marijuana for everyone over the age of 21 has yet to be called.
Follow marijuana election results across Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota
The legalization of marijuana was on the ballot in four states on Tuesday. Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota each voted on measures to legalize recreational marijuana while Nebraska voters weighed in on both recreational and medical marijuana. Here is the latest vote counts on each measure and what they would do.
North Dakota poised to once again strike down recreational marijuana
Tuesday's vote appears to mark a trend of narrowing the margin of opposition to recreational pot in North Dakota. Voters rejected legalizing recreational marijuana in 2018 and 2022, with 59% and 55% of voters opposed, respectively, compared to the 53% opposed late Tuesday.
Recreational marijuana appears to be headed for defeat in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. ( North Dakota Monitor) – Recreational marijuana advocates experienced a statewide bummer Tuesday as an adult-use cannabis measure appeared headed for defeat for the third time in six years. Voters rejected Measure 5 52% to 48% in early results.
Recreational marijuana legalization is still up in the air in five states
Marijuana legalization has been a ballot measure in a number of states in recent years. In the 2024 election, the issue showed up on ballots in five states: Nebraska, Florida and North and South Dakota.
North Dakota adult-use marijuana measure rejected; South Dakota failing
With nearly all votes counted, an adult-use marijuana measure will fail in North Dakota while a South Dakota initiative to legalize adult-use growing was trailing.
Recreational marijuana legalization on the ballot in 4 states
Voters in four states will weigh in on the legalization of marijuana on Tuesday. Ballot measures in Florida, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota could open the states up to manufacture and sell medical or recreational marijuana.
Florida, North And South Dakota Reject Pot Legalization; Paid Sick Leave Initiatives Pass In 3 States
Massachusetts voters also rejected legalizing the use of psychedelics. In Nebraska, Missouri, and Alaska, ballot initiatives passed requiring employers to provide paid sick leave.
Voters Reject Marijuana Legalization in North Dakota and South Dakota (opinion)
The ratio of Republicans to Democrats is similarly lopsided in North Dakota, where the GOP has likewise maintained a trifecta since 1995. And as in South Dakota, voters are fine with medical marijuana, which they approved by a 28-point margin in 2016, but leery of recreational legalization, which they rejected in 2018 and 2022.
North Dakota Measure 5 Election Results: Legalize Marijuana
This measure would allow for the production, sale, possession and use of cannabis by those 21 and over. Source: Election results are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre,
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Voters Reject Marijuana Legalization in North Dakota and South Dakota
Voters in two sparsely populated red states, North Dakota and South Dakota, have rejected ballot initiatives that would ...
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Florida voters fail to approve legalization of recreational marijuana
The Florida ballot measure failed — despite an endorsement from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — as voters in ...