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Florida amendment ballot items 5 and 6 aren't the well-meaning measures they pretend to be. The Palm Beach Post urges voters check "no.' ... Voters initially approved public campaign financing in ...
Amendment 6 - Public Campaign Financing - FAILED Public funding would end for candidates for governor/lieutenant governor, attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner ...
Florida State and Florida A&M Universities are seeing record ... property taxes and the repeal of public campaign financing. ... Williamson’s other votes included a vote against Amendment 2 ...
Portions of Vermont system for publicly funding elections were found unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 2006 decision Randall v. Sorrell.In particular, state supplemental funds for publicly financed candidates whose opponents outspend them were struck down, while full funding of governor and lieutenant governor candidates remained in place.
In response to the Occupy Wall Street protests and the worldwide occupy movement calling for U.S. campaign finance reform eliminating corporate influence in politics, among other reforms, Representative Ted Deutch introduced the "Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy" (OCCUPIED) constitutional amendment on November 18, 2011.
A constitutional amendment requiring the Florida Supreme Court to provide advisory opinions on the constitutionality of ballot measures [135] Passed [136] 1,988,841 (72.36%) 759,691 (27.64%) Amendment 5 A constitutional amendment authorizing the Florida State Lottery [135] Passed [136] 2,039,437 (63.57%) 1,168,858 (36.43%)
The Florida Baptist Convention, which represents thousands of churches across the state, also put out a public statement in opposition of Amendment 4, and has partnered with a pro-life advocacy ...
On November 1, 2011, Senator Tom Udall also introduced a constitutional amendment in Congress to reform campaign finance which would allow Congress and state legislatures to establish public campaign finance. [43] Two other constitutional campaign finance reform amendments were introduced in Congress in November 2011. [44]