Committee
For Fair Elections
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The Committee for Fair Elections led by Betty Castor supports a
non-partisan petition for an amendment to the Florida Constitution
which would revise the method by which district maps are made in
Florida. The objective is to eliminate the political influence in
making district boundaries. Three amendments would create three
changes. The first amendment makes redistricting the
responsibility of an independent commission. The second amendment
establishes the criteria for determining boundaries. The third
amendment requires implementation by 2008.
This is a fundamentally voter-friendly amendment and deserves the
support of all who believe that each voter should be heard on election
day. We will be helping to get signatures on the petition.
The timing is crucial. 75,000 valid signatures are required by
May 31, 2005, to get the amendment to the next step - judicial
review. Then 750,000 signatures will be required by December
31st to get the proposal on the ballot.
Joe Beausoleil is leading the effort in Lee County. He has asked
us to help. Lee County has a quota of 2,378 signatures
by May 31st. Bonita Springs needs to get more than
a fair share of
that to make the goal. I suspect that we need at least 250
signatures to do our part to meet the goal.
New
Information: I now have 200 copies of the three part petition and
single-page summaries on 1) the process, and 2) the contents of the
petition. Call me at 947-6159 regarding your help in this drive.
The petition is in three parts and requires signatures on all three
pages. The summary data is required only once on the top sheet -
it will transfer to the 2nd and 3rd sheets.
You can learn more about the drive from the Committee for Fair
Elections web site.. Their address is PO Box 10130, Tampa, FL
33679.
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