On June 7, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 5, the bill that makes it more difficult for statewide initiatives to get on the ballot. It requires each petition sheet to have its own particular number. It had been thought that the Governor might veto this bill because of this provision. The government will now incur greater costs. Also it makes it illegal to pay out-of-state circulators on a per-signature basis, and imposes severe periodic reporting on financing the inititive. The bill will surely result in litigation.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
FASCIST Elephants at work — to stop Democracy in Florida.
Did the D-Day heroes + 75 years die to get this ???
Another terrible bill. Hopefully it will get thrown out in court.
Does the bill ban out of state circulators? I heard that some signature gatherers were grandfathered in on this bill in regards to per signature basis? A provision was supposedly written in.