Austin votes to ban no-knock warrants and decriminalize small amounts of weed, initial results show
By a sweeping margin, voters in Austin appear to have approved a proposition to sanction small amounts of marijuana and ban the use of no-knock war...
By a sweeping margin, voters in Austin appear to have approved a proposition to sanction small amounts of marijuana and ban the use of no-knock warrants by police.Nearly 85% of voters were in favor of Proposition A, according to initial voting results from Travis, Williamson and Hays counties. (The city spans portions of all three counties.) People found with small amounts — 4 oz. or less — of marijuana in Austin already don't face criminal charges. Because of a state law from 2019 legalizing hemp, prosecutors began dropping misdemeanor marijuana cases.