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Speaker 1: A decade since a ballot question legalized recreational marijuana, and

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Speaker 1: Massachusetts voters could get rid of it. As a proposal

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Speaker 1: gets closer to the finish line. State elections officials say

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Speaker 1: they've certified more than seventy eight thousand signatures for the

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Speaker 1: Rollback an Act to Restore a Sensible Marijuana Policy. That

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Speaker 1: clears the number needed by a deadline this month, and

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Speaker 1: now it'll be sent to the legislature, where lawmakers can

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Speaker 1: weigh action of their own. There has been some controversy

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Speaker 1: around the signature gathering for that question, with claims of

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Speaker 1: deceptive tactics spreading online, something backers have firmly denied. There

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Speaker 1: are now five questions that have cleared the latest hurtle,

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Speaker 1: the others proposing an all party primary system in state elections,

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Speaker 1: same day voter registration, the return of rent stabilization, and

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Speaker 1: lowering the state's income tax from five to four percent.

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Speaker 1: Madison Rogers WBZ, Boston's news radio