Pubdate: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 Source: New York Times (NY) Copyright: 2014 The New York Times Company Website: http://www.nytimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298 Author: Emmarie Huetteman MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION TO BE ON BALLOT District of Columbia residents will vote in November on whether to legalize marijuana, the Board of Elections said Wednesday. Officials said more than 27,000 signatures submitted by advocates in favor of the initiative were valid. The measure would allow adults to possess and cultivate, though not sell, limited amounts of the drug. The issue seems likely to set off a confrontation with Congress. Representative Andy Harris, Republican of Maryland, led an effort to block the District of Columbia's law decriminalizing some marijuana possession, which took effect last month. - --- MAP posted-by: Matt