A Houston mayoral hopeful was blocked from the November ballot because of a 2005 felony drug conviction, and he's now suing the state of Texas to change the law.
It all stems from a nonviolent felony drug conviction back in 2005. He served his time and is now clean.
So he’s doing something about it by filing a lawsuit against the state of Texas, specifically focusing on one line now found on the candidate application form. He wasn't the only one to find the language ambiguous, so there was a call for the Texas Attorney General's opinion a couple of years ago. Broze has two options, which would be either to file this lawsuit or lobby with the state legislature when they reconvene in 2025. However, Jones thinks what stands in Broze’s way is Republican control over Texas.
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