With an estimated 91% of votes counted, voters rejected Proposition A by about 68.4% to 31.6%, according to KXAN-TV, preventing Austin from having to hire enough police officers to have two on patrol for every 1,000 residents.
The group Save Austin Now, which backed the measure, attempted to seize on the city’s growing number of homicides, lengthening police response times and shrinking officer ranks to persuade voters to approve the measure.
George Soros spent $500,000 in Austin to help fight against Proposition A