On May 6, 2020, the DC Board of Elections issued the Campaign to Decriminalize Nature DC the official circulating petition for Initiative 81. The Campaign has until July 6 to collect 30,000 signatures from DC voters to place Initiative 81 on November’s general election ballot. DC voters can participate by downloading the petition, printing it out, getting every DC voter in their home to sign it, and sending it back to us either by email or by mail.

The “Petition At Home” packet linked above contains a letter from the proposer, testimonials, FAQ, instructions, and on the last page, the official Initiative 81 petition. If you would like to save paper, only print Page #5 of the “Petition At Home” packet. For detailed instructions on how to complete the Initiative 81 petition, we urge you to visit our Petition page.

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After you print out the petition and have every DC voter in your home sign the petition, you can either:

• Scan or take a high quality photo with your phone and email it to Submit@DecrimNatureDC.org
• Mail your petition to:
  The Campaign to Decriminalize Nature DC
  2448 Massachusetts Ave. NW
  Washigton, DC 20008

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Not every DC voter has the ability to print out the Initiative 81 petition at their home, so we have created the form below for you to request a petition from the campaign. We will mail you a petition, instructions, and a postage-paid envelope:

The Board of Elections shall consider in a public hearing whether the proposed measure, “Entheogenic Plant and Fungus Policy Act of 2020,” is a proper subject matter for initiative at the Board’s regular meeting on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 10:30 a.m., at 1015 Half Street SE, Suite 750, Washington DC 20003.

In making a subject matter determination, the Board does not consider the merits of a proposed measure. Instead, it may consider only whether the proposed measure meets the subject matter requirements set forth in District of Columbia law. Specifically, the Board must reject the proposed measure if it determines that:

• • • The measure conflicts with or seeks to amend the Title IV of the DC Home Rule Act (“the District Charter”);
    • The measure conflicts with the U.S. Constitution;
    • The measure has not been properly filed;
    • The verified statement of contributions (the measure committee’s statement of organization and report of receipts and expenditures) was not timely filed;
    • The measure would authorize discrimination in violation of the DC Human Rights Act;
    • The measure would negate or limit a budgetary act of the DC Council; or
    • The measure would appropriate funds

Those who wish to testify at the hearing on the propriety of the proposed measure in light of the above-referenced criteria should contact the Board’s Office of the General Counsel at 202-727-2194 or ogc@dcboe.org and provide their name, address, telephone number, and name of the organization represented (if any) by no later than Friday, January 31, 2020, at 4:00 p.m.. Any written testimony or memoranda should be submitted for the record to the Board’s Office of the General Counsel, 1015 Half Street SE, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20003 or at ogc@dcboe.org by that date and time as well. Individuals shall be permitted a maximum of three minutes for oral presentations. Representatives of organizations shall be permitted a maximum of five minutes for oral presentations.

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Click here to download this notice

Click here to read the Ballot Initiative