Save Austin Now Says It Gathered Enough Signatures to Add Police Funding Requirement to Ballot

Save Austin Now Says It Gathered Enough Signatures to Add Police Funding Requirement to Ballot
Police look on as a protest takes place outside the Texas state capitol in Austin, Texas, on May 29, 2021. Sergio Flores/Getty Images
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Save Austin Now says it has collected enough signatures to add its proposal to require certain funding levels for the city’s police department to the November ballot.

The bipartisan advocacy group announced it received more than 25,600 signatures for its latest petition. Once the signatures are verified, a proposed public safety law that requires funding the Austin Police Department will go on the November ballot.

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