Marijuana backers fight Florida’s new ballot restrictions law in court

Grassroots groups seek to join federal lawsuit challenging new state laws restricting initiative process

If the motion is granted, the intervenors plan to bring additional claims, including a challenge to a law that requires ballot titles to be written at no higher than an eighth-grade reading level.

League Of Women Voters, LULAC Join Lawsuit Against Florida Ballot Initiative Restrictions

The League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVFL) and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) have stepped into a legal battle against the state of Florida, filing a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging House Bill 1205. The Ballot Initiative Reform bill, HB 1205, passed 28 to 9 in the Florida […] League Of Women Voters, LULAC Join Lawsuit Against Florida Ballot Initiative Restrictions

Marijuana backers fight Florida’s new ballot restrictions law in court

Supporters of a renewed push to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida have joined a lawsuit challenging a new state law they say places “draconian restrictions" on the constitutional right of citizens to place initiatives on the ballot.

Florida Marijuana Legalization Campaign Joins Lawsuit Against New Ballot Initiative Restrictions Signed By DeSantis

Smart & Safe Florida said the new restrictions will “effectively destroy the people’s right to invoke the citizen initiative.” By Christine Sexton, Florida Phoenix The group seeking to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida has joined a legal challenge to a newly approved crackdown on ballot initiatives. Smart & Safe Florida over the weekend asked to […]

Smart & Safe Florida joins Florida Decides Healthcare in ballot initiative challenge

(Stock photo by Ivan Balvan/Getty Images)The group seeking to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida has joined a legal challenge to a newly approved crackdown on ballot initiatives. Smart & Safe Florida over the weekend asked to intervene in a federal lawsuit filed last week by an organization seeking to place Medicaid expansion on the 2026 ballot. U.S. Chief District Judge Mark Walker granted Smart & Safe’s request on Monday. Walker, meanw…

Pot group joins challenge to initiatives law | Santa Rosa Press Gazette

By Dara Kam The law (HB 1205), finalized by the Legislature on May 2 and immediately signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, includes sweeping changes to the initiative process that make it more difficult for signature gatherers to collect petitions, create new crimes and heighten existing penalties for wrongdoing and shorten the time frame for petitions to be submitted to supervisors of elections. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved the changes…