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In It to Win It

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10. Yes, but after the Florida Supreme Court approved the amendment, there wasn't much they could do

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #8)

Mon Sep 30, 2024, 02:59 PM

Sep 2024

to take it off the ballot.

The next best thing they could do was use their political power to gum up the works and they had control over the financial impact language. They used that little bit of power to fill the amendment's financial impact statement with bullshit.

The petitioners for the amendment sued to remove that clearly bias language, but lost so the Republican language stayed on the ballot. What is to be expected when your courts are stacked with rank partisan Republicans?

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Palm Beach County was very precise and easy to fill out. I agree on that one ammendment, I had to read twice. SheilaAnn Sep 2024 #1

Wasn't it the Democratic Party of Florida that requested jimfields33 Sep 2024 #2

at least it's not an effing butterfly ballot samsingh Sep 2024 #3

No shit. What an embarrassment that was. jimfields33 Sep 2024 #5

yes, they effing did. what an absolute stupid nightmare that was samsingh Sep 2024 #9

Don't get me started on Amendment 4. The "financial impact statement" is pure Republican bullshit In It to Win It Sep 2024 #4

And the Democratic Party in Florida agreed to it? Seems odd. jimfields33 Sep 2024 #6

Of course not, but Democrats didn''t have control of the language. Republicans did. In It to Win It Sep 2024 #7

That's beyond crazy. Republicans didn't want the amendment jimfields33 Sep 2024 #8

Yes, but after the Florida Supreme Court approved the amendment, there wasn't much they could do In It to Win It Sep 2024 #10

Grrrrrrr. Is it any wonder the republicans are despised by most jimfields33 Sep 2024 #11

Unfortunately, the Republicans aren't despised by most of the population of Florida. Mariana Sep 2024 #12