Two proposals designed to prevent political favoritism in redistricting, a practice known as gerrymandering, can go on the 2010 ballot if sponsors collect enough signatures, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday. ...more

January 30, 2009

Florida's 2010 ballot may include two competing citizen initiatives on growth management because the state Supreme Court narrowly cleared a business-backed proposal today. ...more

December 18, 2008

A group suing to add a growth management proposal to November's ballot says it is battling a Legislature that has waged "war" on the citizens petition process. ...more

June 13, 2008

A gay marriage ban and several other citizen initiatives were short of the signatures needed to get on November's ballot Monday with just two weeks left before the Feb. 1 petition-gathering deadline. ...more

January 15, 2008

Secretary of State Kurt Browning said Wednesday that he has ordered county election officials to submit signature validations for citizen initiatives on paper because of glitches in the state's electronic reporting system. ...more

January 10, 2008