Board of Elections will review the Kent petition to decriminalize marijuana this week

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Board of Elections will review the Kent petition to decriminalize marijuana this week

- Wendy DiAlesandro

A ballot initiative to decriminalize recreational marijuana in the city of Kent is not quite dead.

On Friday the Portage County Board of Elections directed its staff to review three “part-petitions” containing a total of 59 signatures prior to the board’s next meeting on Nov. 23.

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