John,
Last week we got wind that Ken Paxton is suing five of the cities Ground Game Texas has worked in. He’s doing this because our ballot initiatives are proven to increase voter turnout among young voters and Black voters.
But we refuse to let our court battle with Paxton distract us from the great work happening on the ground right here in Dallas, Texas, right now. The work that is exemplified by the powerful community coalition that stood together to announce the Dallas campaign last Monday.
Ground Game’s ballot measure strategy is to put popular, progressive issues on the ballot as a way to motivate voters from key constituencies. That’s why we’ve started collecting the 35,000 signatures we need to put marijuana reform on the November 2024 ballot in one of the biggest cities in Texas.
With gratitude,
Julie Oliver,
Executive Director
Ground Game Texas