About 74 percent of voters who cast a ballot ahead of election day rejected Prop A, a wide-ranging criminal justice reform measure that aimed to decriminalize abortion and marijuana.
— and whether it would lead to rampant crime — overshadowed supporters’ efforts to motivate young voters to turn out for a chance to decriminalize abortion and marijuana and ban police chokeholds and no-knock warrants.
"Once San Antonians realized Prop A banned arrests for theft up to $750, graffiti vandalism up to $2,500, and for certain simple assault and family violence offenses, they united in opposition and ensured that the safety and security of local families and local businesses remains our top priority,” the business-backed San Antonio SAFE Political Action Committee said in a statement after the early vote totals were released Saturday.
Prop A supporters largely focused on how the measure was the first time Texas voters could decide to decriminalize abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, triggering a near-total ban on the procedure in the state.
“We’re only going to push policy forward with that public opinion poll if we are close or if we win this,” she said in an April 27 interview, as that more conservative and male voters were coming to the polls — people likely drawn to opponents’ messaging about rising crime.
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