The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has sued the state over a newly-enacted law targeting ballot initiatives.



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MIAMI (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Saturday is seeking to strike down Florida's attempt to make it more difficult for voters to change the state constitution.  The new law was only signed by Gov...

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Florida sued over new law that limits ballot initiatives

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Florida Republicans have succeeded in making it more difficult for voters to change the state constitution under a bill Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Friday.The new law limits contributions by groups promoting ballot initiatives. Political committees seeking to change the constitution are now limited to $3,000 individual contributions until their proposal is approved for the ballot — a limit that could have made it impossible fo…

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has sued the state over a newly-enacted law targeting ballot initiatives.

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The new law was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday.

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MIAMI (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Saturday is seeking to strike down Florida’s attempt to make it more difficult for voters to change the state constitution.The new law was only signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday, and it establishes a $3,000 limit on individual contributions to groups promoting ballot initiatives. The limit is imposed until a proposal is approved for the ballot, which could have made it impossible for measures such as medi…

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The law, if it were in effect at the time, could have prevented an increase in the state's minimum wage from going before voters.

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ACLU of Florida files lawsuit over new law limiting contributions to ballot initiatives

A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida filed a constitutional challenge Saturday to a measure that would limit contributions to political committees backing ballot initiatives.

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ACLU sues to stop law limiting contributions to ballot initiatives

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has sued the state over a newly-enacted law targeting ballot initiatives. The lawsuit in a Tallahassee federal court argues that the law, Senate Bill 1890, "unconstitutionally abridges First Amendment freedoms of speech and associations by limiting contributions to committees sponsoring statewide ballot initiatives." The suit comes one day after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed SB 1890 into law. The...

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