Texas Supreme Court rules in favor of HERO; Dallas City Council ordered to remove 3 charter amendments from Nov. ballot

DALLAS — The Texas Supreme Court ordered the Dallas City Council to remove three charter amendments from the Nov. ballot, ruling in favor of the Dallas HERO Initiative.

The citizen-led bipartisan initiative claimed the council's amendments were meant to nullify their amendments. The court agreed, saying the propositions contradict each other and the language would "confuse and mislead voters."

In June, the Dallas HERO Initiative successfully petitioned to have three amendments added to the November ballot, submitting over 169,000 signatures. HERO said those signatures exceeded the city's requirement of at least 20,000 signatures for each of the three proposed amendments.

The city secretary certified HERO's petitions.


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