Dallas County Elections Administrator Heider Garcia said that in 2020, the county saw about 720,000 voters in three weeks. He was encouraged that more than 620,000 turned out in a shorter period this year.

A charter amendment that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuna gets strong support in Dallas, Mihaela Plesa has narrow lead in HD 70 race.

Proposition R amends the city charter to decriminalize the drug, making it the lowest enforcement priority for the Dallas Police Department.

Dallas voters approved an amendment to the City Charter that would essentially decriminalize marijuana, according to preliminary voting results. They appeared set to approve two community-supported propositions that would vastly increase the police force and allow residents to sue city officials.

The cities join a growing list of Texas jurisdictions deprioritizing arrests for four ounces or less of marijuana possession.

Voters were strongly behind the decriminalization measure, but votes on changes to city government and the police department were much closer.