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As deadline looms, Broward County is a focus for Florida abortion rights petition drive
As deadline looms, Broward County is a focus for Florida abortion rights petition driveMarvis Williams of Sunrise finally had her chance to check something important off her to-do list.
She heard about a petition to get abortion rights on the November 2024 ballot but hadn’t known where to go to sign it. On a rainy Thursday night in Plantation, Williams arrived for a holiday meal, and signed the petition along with others at the Plantation restaurant where a petition drive took place.
“A woman should have the opportunity to make the decision about abortion,” said Williams, 68. “It’s her decision. I would hope that women are aware of the petition and make some phone calls to find out where they can go to sign it.”
Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment to ensure abortion rights in Florida are targeting Broward County to get enough petition signatures to get on the 2024 ballot. With crucial deadlines looming to get the required 891,523 valid signatures from voters throughout the state by Feb. 1, activists are pushing hard in congressional districts where they believe can get more signatures. The signatures must come from a distribution of Florida’s congressional districts.
Broward County’s Congressional District 23 is one of the districts activists are targeting because of its previous high voter turnout.
She heard about a petition to get abortion rights on the November 2024 ballot but hadn’t known where to go to sign it. On a rainy Thursday night in Plantation, Williams arrived for a holiday meal, and signed the petition along with others at the Plantation restaurant where a petition drive took place.
“A woman should have the opportunity to make the decision about abortion,” said Williams, 68. “It’s her decision. I would hope that women are aware of the petition and make some phone calls to find out where they can go to sign it.”
Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment to ensure abortion rights in Florida are targeting Broward County to get enough petition signatures to get on the 2024 ballot. With crucial deadlines looming to get the required 891,523 valid signatures from voters throughout the state by Feb. 1, activists are pushing hard in congressional districts where they believe can get more signatures. The signatures must come from a distribution of Florida’s congressional districts.
Broward County’s Congressional District 23 is one of the districts activists are targeting because of its previous high voter turnout.
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