If Dentonites approve this ballot initiative, the city's cops may have a harder time citing and arresting for misdemeanor marijuana possession.
, a special election on the proposed changes would have been required.
Tristan Seikel, organizer and co-founder of Decriminalize Denton, said the group believes a ballot initiative would be more protected than an ordinance passed by the council. That, along with the lack of success with similar efforts in the past, persuaded them to move forward with a ballot initiative."Our concern was that if council adopted this right away, they could change this ordinance at any point in the near future," Seikel said.
Some council members had different issues with the ordinance, saying they wouldn’t vote for it as it was written, but they ultimately supported letting the voters decide. There were some outliers among the council during the discussion, though.
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