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No initiative petitions filed in Florida for 2012 ballot

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February 2, 2012

Florida

By Eric Veram

Florida: Yesterday's signature filing deadline passed without a single public petition filing or meeting the qualifications for appearing on the ballot. This essentially means that the only measures voters will get a say in this November, are those proposed by the legislature.[1] However, those measures that did not qualify or gather enough signatures may remain in circulation for some time, with the signatures already acquired being valid for 2 years.

Currently there are 7[2] legislatively-referred measures set to appear on the November 6, 2012 state ballot and are listed below:

Type Title Subject Description
LRCA Amendment 1 Health care Prevents penalties for not purchasing health care coverage in order to comply with federal health care reforms
LRCA Amendment 2 Taxes Would allow for property tax discounts for disabled veterans
LRCA Amendment 3 State budgets Replaces existing revenue limits with a new limitation based on inflation and population changes
LRCA Amendment 4 Taxes Would amend commercial and non-homestead property taxes
LRCA Amendment 5 Judicial reform Would modify the existing State Supreme Court
LRCA Amendment 6 Abortion Prohibits public funds for abortions
LRCA Amendment 8 Religion Repeals ban of public dollars for religious funding

See also

Ballotpedia News
Propositions Recall Law

References

  1. [Spoke with Florida Division of Elections office]
  2. Florida Division of Elections website


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