Florida abortion measure tops 753K signatures

[In It to Win It]

Florida abortion measure tops 753K signatures

TALLAHASSEE - A proposed constitutional amendment aimed at ensuring abortion rights got a boost in petition signatures during the past week.

The Florida Division of Elections website Friday showed 753,306 valid petition signatures for the measure, up from 687,700 a week earlier.

The political committee Floridians Protecting Freedom, which is sponsoring the measure, will need to submit at least 891,523 valid signatures statewide and meet signature requirements in at least half of the state's congressional districts to get on the November 2024 ballot. The committee faces a Feb. 1 deadline for meeting the requirements.

It also needs the Florida Supreme Court to sign off on the proposed ballot wording.

Floridians Protecting Freedom announced the initiative in May after the Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a law that could prevent abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The six-week limit is contingent on the outcome of a legal battle about a 15-week abortion limit that DeSantis and lawmakers passed in 2022.

Attorney General Ashley Moody has argued the Supreme Court should keep the proposed constitutional amendment off the ballot, saying its wording would mislead voters - a contention that amendment supporters dispute.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Cmon, Florida!

If Ohio can do it, so can you!

[Deuxcents]

2. Mine was signed and delivered

[Old Crank]

3. Chance of getting on the ballot

So the AG is fighting in court to stop it.
I like the logic. You have to use legalese for the law. Now you can argue that people might be confused by the legalese.

Time to stop dumbing down the schools then.

[Zipgun]

4. Great momentum by the groups backing the initiative

In two weeks they doubled the number of districts that have passed the 8% goal, now having 8. A ninth district (district 7) is only 332 verified signatures away from reaching the goal for that district and is basically a lock. Six more districts have been targeted by the group are are 5 thousand or less signatures away from the goal for those districts, most are around 3 thousand or less. They also got over 50% of the total verified signatures that they needed as of Dec. 1st.

They have 6 more weeks and three days till the Feb. 1st 2024 deadline. At this point in the process the totals at the Florida Division of Elections website update every Friday rather than once a month. I am interested to see how the next two weeks work out with the holidays, but with this momentum I think they are in a really good place and have more than enough time to reach both goals.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. This makes me smile

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