With nearly all precincts reporting on Friday, voters in Philadelphia approved two police reform ballot measures by wide margins.

The first measure would amend the city’s home rule charter to end the “practice of unconstitutional stop and frisk,” by mandating that police officers may only stop individuals if they have a reasonable suspicion that the individual is involved in some sort of criminal activity. Police would no longer be allowed to stop and search someone simply “because of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religious affiliation or expression, or other protected characteristic.” This measure passed with a yes vote of over eighty percent.

The second measure would also amend the city charter to allow for the creation of a Citizens Police Oversight Commission, which would replace the existing Police Advisory Commission. The ballot measure will authorize the city council to determine the make-up, powers, and duties of the new commission in order to strengthen oversight of the police. This measure was approved by over three-fourths of Philadelphia voters.

The measures were approved for the ballot by the city council over the summer, in response to the nationwide protests following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. There were also multiple nights of protest in Philadelphia in the week prior to the election, following the police shooting of a 27-year-old Black man, Walter Wallace Jr.