Deterrence Or Free Will? This Texas City To Vote Against Weed Decriminalization Following Opposition From Gov. Abbott And AG Paxton
Residents of Lubbock, West Texas’ largest city with 264,000 residents, said no to a measure to decriminalize local low-level marijuana offenses. On Saturday, in a 65–35 vote, Lubbock chose not to enact marijuana policy reform.
Adam Hernandez, the Lubbock decriminalization campaign director, attributed the election defeat to low voter turnout.
“We worked hard on it, we had a lot of volunteers,” Hernandez told The Texas Tribune. “We just weren’t able to get the voter turnout high enough.”
Going forward the focus will be on “voter education and voter turnout,” he added. The movement was spearheaded by Lubbock Compact, a local advocacy group, which launched the initiative to end some low-level pot arrests after …