Battle Over Amending Florida Constitution Rages On
Anyone who thought the long, nasty fight over amending Florida’s constitution had ended should think again.
Business groups and their traditional adversaries on the issue — organizations such as the League of Women Voters of Florida and the Florida Public Interest Research Group — are tangling again this spring.
At stake: a proposal in the state Legislature that would require paid petition circulators to register with the state and bar non-Florida residents, non-U.S. citizens and convicted felons who are ineligible to vote from being paid circulators.