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Effort to raise Florida minimum wage passes signature hurdle

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OfTheCross:
A petition drive to ask voters to gradually increase Florida’s minimum wage to $15 an hour has enough signatures to make the November 2020 ballot.

The Department of State website shows the ballot has gathered slightly more than the 766,200 registered voter signatures needed to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot.

The measure calls for raising the current minimum wage from $8.46 an hour to $10 in September 2021 with $1 an hour increases annually until it reaches $15 in 2026.

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libertybele:
Sad to see this and I'm hoping it fails at the polls.

OfTheCross:

--- Quote from: libertybele on November 06, 2019, 07:25:44 pm ---Sad to see this and I'm hoping it fails at the polls.

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I'm not for it either. In the majority of Florida the cost of living isn't high enough to justify it, imo.

The major Metros can all change theirs, though

Wingnut:
Never gonna see the light of day.  I believe that this would not only have to pass with a majority vote but with a super majority vote to become law.

I need to find out how FL determines a SM.

InHeavenThereIsNoBeer:

--- Quote from: The Ghost on November 06, 2019, 07:53:52 pm ---Never gonna see the light of day.  I believe that this would not only have to pass with a majority vote but with a super majority vote to become law.

I need to find out how FL determines a SM.

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Constitutional amendments need 60%.

And if you don't think it'll pass, take a look at the list of garbage that passed last year.  Then consider they'll just keep on throwing it up there until they get what they want.

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