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Florida legislators with the support of the state's most powerful industry lobbyists are making it increasingly difficult for citizens to use ballot initiatives to amend Florida's constitution. Recently, during the 2007 legislative session, lawmakers passed SB 900, a bill which places a strict new 30-day deadline for volunteers to turn in signed petition forms. This will make it difficult for volunteer based groups who only meet once a month to participate in signature gathering. SB 900 also creates a new signature revocation process which will allow well-funded groups to run campaigns designed to convince people who have signed a petition to revoke it. Florida PIRG along with other members of the Save the Voters' Voice coalition are urging Governor Crist to veto this legislation.