Local lawmakers in Dallas, Texas have now formally put a marijuana decriminalization initiative on the city’s November ballot—positioning voters to enact the reform in the state’s third largest city by population over the objections of the police chief.

About a month after officials certified that activists with Ground Game Texas had turned in enough valid signatures to qualify for ballot placement, the Dallas City Council on Wednesday voted 11-4 to make it official.

If voters ultimately approve the initiative, possession of up to four ounces of marijuana would be decriminalized in Dallas.

“Ground Game’s work across the state underscores the stark disconnect between the will of Texans and the outdated, out-of-touch leadership that governs without engaging the communities they serve,” the group’s executive director, Catina Voellinger, said in a press release. “We aren’t organizing around hyperbole; we’ve seen firsthand the destruction caused by these draconian laws, and we are saying enough.”

Some members of the City Council had expressed interest in streamlining the process of decriminalizing cannabis by acting legislatively, but plans to introduce the proposal at a hearing in June did not materialize, leaving the matter to voters.

While several members spoke out in favor of the proposed reform, Dallas

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