Election Day 2024: Dallas Voters Approve Marijuana Decriminalization, 2 of 3 HERO Amendments

Dallas Election Day 2024 Live Updates

Though Dallas County Elections website problems slowed the flow of hourly updates as promised, final results were posted early Wednesday morning, showing voters approved 15 of 17 city charter amendments, including a controversial proposal to increase the local police force to 4,000 officers.

Many Dallas residents were keeping an eye on Propositions C (City Council salary increases), R (decriminalization of marijuana), and S, T, and U, a trio of amendments proposed by petition via the nonprofit Dallas HERO organization.

More “for” than “against” votes were tallied for the following Dallas City Charter amendments: Propositions B, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, O, P, Q, R, S, and U. Propositions C and T failed.

Here’s a breakdown of how Dallas voters spoke at the polls.

• No to council salary increases.
• Yes to decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana.
• Yes to lawsuits against the city for not complying with the charter.
• No to the city manager employment survey.
• Yes to mass Dallas Police hires — a requirement that the Dallas Police Department must increase its force to a total of 4,000 officers.

About 584,656 of Dallas County’s 1.47 million registered voters cast early ballots before Election Day and those results were made public immediately after the polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday. With all precincts reporting early Wednesday, the general turnout was 57.08% or 838,988 total ballots cast.

For complete election results, visit the Dallas County Elections page. Below are the voting totals for 17 Dallas City Charter amendments and one code amendment.

Proposition A

For: 227,381

Against: 101,441

Proposition B

For: 246,846

Against: 91,189

Proposition C

For: 145,398

Against: 196,400

Proposition D

For: 218,491

Against: 114,911

Proposition E

For: 236,221

Against: 104,863

Proposition F

For: 224,902

Against: 105,410

Proposition G

For: 234,119

Against: 95,276

Proposition H

For: 177,493

Against: 157,904

Proposition I

For: 181,729

Against: 147,605

Proposition J

For: 201,384

Against: 124,213

Proposition L

For: 226,747

Against: 97,297

Proposition O

For: 281,860

Against: 65,452

Proposition P

For: 179,322

Against: 146,260

Proposition Q

For: 237,542

Against: 86,836

Proposition R

For: 228,979

Against: 113,276

Proposition S

For: 185,687

Against: 151,814

Proposition T

For: 151,628

Against: 186,896

Proposition U

For: 172,591

Against: 169,025

Stay tuned to CandysDirt.com for local reactions to the charter amendments, when they will be implemented, and what this means for Dallas taxpayers and homeowners.