FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2014 file photo, boxes containing more than 46,000 signatures for an initiative to make recreational use of marijuana legal in Alaska sit outside a hallway at the state Division of Elections office in Anchorage, Alaska. From slick video ads online to scrawled chalk messages on college campus sidewalks, intense get-out-the-vote drives are mobilizing in Oregon and Alaska to legalize retail sales of marijuana to anyone old enough to drink. Unlike the campaigns in Colorado and Washington state in 2012’s general election, backers of the latest ballot measures face a new challenge _ getting enough young voters to show up at the polls. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
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