Florida Republicans aim to take away the best weapon progressive groups have left. Here’s how.

[mystery-ak]

Florida Republicans aim to take away the best weapon progressive groups have left. Here’s how.

Two bills Republicans introduced this week would make it far more difficult to gather the signatures needed to get constitutional amendments before voters.

By Samantha J. Gross and Lawrence Mower
Yesterday

TALLAHASSEE — Republicans in Tallahassee control both chambers of the Legislature and the governor’s mansion, and they’ve appointed every member of the Florida Supreme Court.

 Now, they’re taking aim at the last realm outside their grasp: Voters’ access to amending the Florida Constitution through ballot initiatives.

Two bills Republicans introduced this week would make it far more difficult to gather the signatures needed to get constitutional amendments before voters.

And they would thwart two major amendments that could appear on the 2020 ballot, one raising the minimum wage and the other allowing “energy choice,” advocates for those ideas say.

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http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/2019/03/28/republicans-aim-to-take-away-the-best-weapon-progressive-groups-have-left-heres-how/

[libertybele]

Good news!

[Free Vulcan]

There is a balance to these things. Too many or too few required signatures is not a good thing. From my experience 10-15% of those who voted in the last Presidential is about right.