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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 5051925" data-attributes="member: 48469">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.foxnews.com/us/minneapolis-police-ballot-measure[/URL]&quot;Voters in Minnesota&#039;s largest city have <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/elections" target="_blank">rejected</a> what would have been an unprecedented move to dismantle the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement" target="_blank">police department</a> at the ballot box Tuesday following calls for reform following the death of George Floyd. The measure asked voters if they favored amending the city&#039;s charter to replace the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/minneapolis-st-paul" target="_blank">Minneapolis</a> Police Department with a Department of Public Safety. The initiative would have removed language from the charter related to the agency, including minimum funding requirements, and would have divided control of public safety between the mayor and City Council. The question failed 57% to 44%, according to the results released by the Minnesota Secretary of State&#039;s office with 133 of 136 precincts reporting. It needed 51% of voter approval to pass.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 5051925, member: 48469"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.foxnews.com/us/minneapolis-police-ballot-measure[/URL] "Voters in Minnesota's largest city have [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/elections']rejected[/URL] what would have been an unprecedented move to dismantle the [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement']police department[/URL] at the ballot box Tuesday following calls for reform following the death of George Floyd. The measure asked voters if they favored amending the city's charter to replace the [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/minneapolis-st-paul']Minneapolis[/URL] Police Department with a Department of Public Safety. The initiative would have removed language from the charter related to the agency, including minimum funding requirements, and would have divided control of public safety between the mayor and City Council. The question failed 57% to 44%, according to the results released by the Minnesota Secretary of State's office with 133 of 136 precincts reporting. It needed 51% of voter approval to pass." [/QUOTE]

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