FLA Supreme Court OK’s ballot language for redistricting referendum
January 29, 2009 at 3:00 pm by Wayne GarciaNow all supporters need is 677,000 signatures. No biggie.
The Orlando Sentinel reports:
The Florida Supreme Court ruled today that a group trying to place strict guidelines on legislative redistricting had met the legal requirements to go on the 2010 ballot.
The decision clears the way for Fair Districts Florida to launch a citizen-petition drive, aimed at ending the practice of drawing political boundaries to favor the party in power. By Feb. 1, 2010, the group has to amass about 677,000 valid signatures to make it on the ballot.
The Supreme Court ruled that the group’s two proposed amendments — dealing with legisative and congressional boundaries — satisfy the requirement that constitutional amendments address only a single subject, a legal standard that tripped up past efforts in the decade-long bid for changes to Florida’s redistricting system.
