Federal ruling in Florida ballot initiative restriction challenge could have national implications

Federal ruling in Florida ballot initiative restriction challenge could have national implications

Florida Decides Healthcare Executive Director Mitch Emerson talks with reporters outside the federal courthouse in Tallahassee on Feb. 9, 2026. (Photo by Christine Sexton/Florida Phoenix)The leader of an effort to expand Medicaid access to low-income childless adults in Florida maintained Friday that the outcome of a federal lawsuit could decide the fate of citizen-led ballot initiatives in the Sunshine State and possibly the nation.  Following …