Proposition A, which would expand police oversight in Austin, had an immense lead in early voting results — 80% of early voters supported the measure.
Austinites are voting on two propositions that would have drastically different implications for how police oversight works in the city.
Proposition A, which would expand oversight, had an immense lead in early voting results — 80% of voters supported the measure. The two propositions are, on paper, the same. But they would have drastically different implications for howBoth were put on the ballot via petition, ain Austin. Prop A was backed by Equity Action, a progressive-leaning criminal justice nonprofit. Prop B was backed by Voters for Oversight and Police Accountability, or VOPA, a group that was financially backed by the city's police union.
VOPA's Prop B would limit the office in investigations and its ability to field anonymous complaints.
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