December 3, 2007

ISSUE 1195

JUDGE UPHOLDS SIGNATURE REVOCATION LAW

A Tallahassee circuit judge has upheld a new law that gives voters 150 days to revoke their signatures from ballot-measure petitions. Hometown Democracy, the petition drive to slow growth in the state, had brought the case to court saying the law violates the Florida Constitution.

Lesley Blackner, one of the Hometown Democracy leaders, called the decision “a nightmare” and said it will be appealed.