FL Abortion Rights Organizers Have 1.4 Million Signatures for Ballot Initiative

[RandySF]

A signature drive to place a proposed constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on the 2024 statewide ballot in Florida has far surpassed the number of names required.

Floridians Protecting Freedom, the organization leading the initiative, has collected over 1.4 million signatures for the abortion amendment proposal as of this week. In order to be considered for placement on the November 5, 2024, ballot, the signature drive needed at least 891,523 signatures.

A recent report from the Florida Division of Elections stated that it has received only around 687,000 signatures so far. However, that number is based on the petitions from the organization and its allies that the division has already processed, and Floridians Protecting Freedom says that more than double that amount have been submitted.

The organization is required to submit the necessary amount of signatures by February 1, 2024. Collecting this many signatures so quickly indicates strong support for the measure.




https://truthout.org/articles/fl-abortion-rights-organizers-have-1-4-million-signatures-for-ballot-initiative/

[Chainfire]

1. If the measure hits the ballot box, and passes, the legislature, courts and governor will undo it

through hook or crook, the same way that they undid the former felon voting measure. The people have no say in Florida government. We signed the petition, and will vote on it if it makes the ballot, but expect no positive results from doing so.

[Happy Hoosier]

2. Florida initiaitives require 60% of the vote to pass.

That's a heavy lift. Not impossible, but HEAVY considering the predominantly Catholic Florida Hispanic population.