The city of Lubbock, Texas has certified that activists turned in enough valid signatures to put a marijuana decriminalization initiative on the local ballot if lawmakers there do not enact the reform legislatively.
Two weeks after the Freedom Act Lubbock committee turned in more than 10,000 signatures for the measure, the city secretary held a press conference on Thursday announcing that they ultimately verified 5,185, which is about 300 more than required for qualification.
“A resolution and certification of the petition will be presented to the Lubbock City Council” on Tuesday, the official said in a notice. “This is for the purpose of the City Council receiving all papers pertaining to the petition and proposed ordinance, and receiving a certificate attesting to the results of the petition verification.”
Local legislators in Lubbock, which is Texas’s tenth largest city by population, will have 30 days from that date to hold a hearing and make a decision as to whether they will enact the reform legislatively. If they don’t enact it, the proposal will go on the ballot for voters to decide.
Last month, the campaign said that it had met its signature gathering goal but was going to continue to petition
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