The 2016 presidential election is officially a full year away (ugh, is anyone else exhausted yet?), but that doesn't mean this election day isn't high stakes: In fact, it could make 98 Degrees heartthrob Nick Lachey (whom Backstreet fans absolutely watched on the side) a marijuana mogul in his home state of Ohio.

Ohioans are voting today on whether to amend their state constitution to legalize marijuana; if the measure passes, Lachey and the group he invests in, ResponsibleOhio (which is also backed by designer Nanette Lepore, among others), will get exclusive rights to grow and sell marijuana in the state. Of course, Lachey’s interest in the cause isn’t just to provide citizens with weed: If every dispensary in Ohio had to buy its supply from Lachey and co., the eternal reality star and his associates would essentially have a monopoly on an estimated $1 billion marijuana market. (Insert joke about how that's a lot of green here.)

Lachey is framing it as an economic boost for Ohio‚ one that—he says in a campaign-esque video—will create 30,000 jobs and “reinvigorate our economy.” ResponsibleOhio has even dispatched an adorable marijuana mascot named Buddie to endear voters to the initiative. Some Ohio families weren't amused, as the state lacks the cultural liberalism of others where recreational pot is legal, like Oregon, Colorado, and Washington.

Indeed, the measure isn’t sitting well with some voters and advocacy groups, who are slamming it as a classic pay-for-play scheme: The very investors (Lachey included) who are promoting and funding the marijuana legalization effort are the same who will benefit from its passage. The backlash has even resulted in another ballot measure that would ban amending Ohio’s constitution in order to create a monopoly. If both the weed amendment and the anti-monopoly amendment pass, they could inevitably cancel each other out.

It will be a close call, according to The Columbus Dispatch, with both sides claiming the polls are in their favor. (A Kent State University poll reported 56 percent support for legalization.) So it all comes down to today. I can see the headlines now: “Lachey’s Weed Scheme Up in Smoke” or “Lachey High on Ohio Weed Win.” Who ever said the non-presidential elections weren’t gripping?