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A ballot proposal to decriminalize the possession of marijuana has the support of about half of Massachusetts voters as the Nov. 4 election nears, a new poll indicates. Fifty-one percent of registered voters supported Question 2, while 32 percent opposed it, and 16 percent were undecided, according to the 7News/Suffolk University poll taken earlier this week. In an August survey, 72 percent of those surveyed had supported decriminalization. But law enforcement officials have mobilized to oppose the proposal and have made significant progress in swaying people to their side, said David Paleologos, director of the Political Research Center at Suffolk. The proposal would replace the criminal penalties for possessing one ounce or less of marijuana with a civil fine of $100, the equivalent of getting a speeding ticket. Proponents say that if the proposal passes, those caught with marijuana would no longer be saddled with a criminal record for a minor offense. The statewide poll of 400 regis
