This is the fifth Texas municipality where advocates say they've successfully completed petition drives to land decriminalization on the November ballot. Texas MarijuanaReform CannabisCommunity CannabisNews CannabisTwitter
lifting penalties for low-level possession and banning no-knock warrants.
Progressive voter-mobilization group Ground Game Texas, which helped organize both of those initiatives, is also behind the Harker Heights drive. In addition to decriminalizing small amounts of weed, the proposal would bar police from issuing citations for residue or paraphernalia and prevent them from using cannabis odor alone as probable cause for search or seizure.
“Ground Game Texas continues to demonstrate that popular policies around issues like workers, wages, and weed can help expand and electrify the electorate in Texas when they’re put directly in front of voters," Ground Game Texas Executive Director Julie Oliver said in a statement.
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