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Floridians will have to decide on three constitutional amendments in the 2022 general election. ¸Û°ÄÌìϲÊspoke to the opinion editors of the South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post, who explained their recommendations.
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Voters in South Florida face a lot of decisions in the midterms. ¸Û°ÄÌìϲÊhas put together a guide to the state and county questions for Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach counties, along with a selection of those on municipalities' ballots.
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Starting in 2024, Miami-Dade County will be forced — thanks to a statewide ballot initiative — to elect a county sheriff. But what that new sheriff's office looks like is up for debate.
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It's a story of unintended consequences, or perhaps, the story of political backlash that should be expected when the state passes laws that overly restrict local governments from making their own decisions.
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Realtors are halting an effort to pass a constitutional amendment to ensure funding for affordable housing, saying they will work with Florida lawmakers to create a program to help people such as nurses and police officers buy homes.
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Conservationists have a 5-amendment rights of nature ballot drive going on right now. This is the fifth in a series looking at each of the rights of nature amendments. Today's story is about the proposed captive wildlife hunting ban
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Conservationists have a 5-amendment rights of nature ballot drive going on right now. This is the fourth in a series looking at each of the proposed ballot amendments. Today's story is about the proposed right to clean water amendment.
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Conservationists have a five-amendment rights of nature ballot drive going on right now. This is the second in a series looking at each of the rights of nature amendments. Today's story is about the Florida Iconic Species Amendment.
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Florida Realtors have launched a major political campaign to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot next year. It’s designed to prevent future legislatures from raiding a state housing trust fund for other expenses.
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Delivering a second punch to the Florida Legislature in two days, a federal judge on Thursday blocked a new law that would cap contributions to political committees backing ballot initiatives, saying the law runs afoul of the First Amendment. The law, passed by the Republican-dominated Legislature this spring and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, would impose a $3,000 limit on contributions to political committees collecting petition signatures to place proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot.
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But a pair of proposals approved Monday by a House committee would make it harder for organizations to get future constitutional amendments on the ballot — and to pass them. The proposals, approved by the House Public Integrity and Elections Committee, are the latest attempts in years of efforts by Republican lawmakers to clamp down on the ballot initiative process.
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