Today, Governor Crist vetoed SB 900, a bill with provisions that would have created new hurdles for the citizens' ballot initiative process.
Statement from Brad Ashwell, Legislative Advocate for Florida PIRG:
"The governor lived up to his “people’s governor” moniker today by vetoing this legislation that would have undermined direct democracy in Florida. We need more democracy in this state, not less. It’s heartening to see that the Governor agrees.
Florida's Constitution is already the most difficult to amend among states with a ballot initiative process. This bill was a pure power grab by the Chamber of Commerce. These special interests already dominate the legislative process and they just can’t stomach the thought that citizen groups can bypass that forum and go directly to the ballot.
We applaud the Governor for standing up for the public interest and opposing this special interest power grab.
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The Florida Public Interest Research Group is a non-partisan, non-profit public interest advocacy organization
