Citizens in Charge

The Florida Supreme Court ruled yesterday to strike down a law allowing voters to revoke their signatures after they sign a petition. The case against the law was filed by supporters of the Florida Hometown Democracy Amendment.

After the revocation law was created in 2007, opponents of the Hometown Democracy initiative convinced over 13,000 voters to remove their signatures from the petition, causing it to not have enough signatures to make the ballot.

The justices didn’t explain their ruling and plan to issue a full opinion later. The initiative supporters had asked for a quick decision in the case because under state law signatures expire after four years, and some signatures begin to expire Monday.