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Judge finds Amendment 3 ballot language misleading
['Valarie Harring']
North Fort Myers Neighbor
A circuit court judge has found the language for Florida’s touted “tax reform” amendment misleading and has given State Attorney General James Uthmeier 10 days to revise the ballot title or summary.
The order states that the ballot summary for Amendment 3 is more a sales pitch than an explanation of what changes the proposed constitutional amendment would bring about.
The ballot language as currently stated is legally defective as it “misleads” and “misstates,” the judge found.
The challenge was brought forward by Save Our Voters From Misleading Ballot Language, Inc. which describes itself as a not-for-profit social welfare corporation, and two affected resident individuals, contending that the ballot title and ballot summary for the Proposed Constitutional Amendment would mislead voters.
The Court retained jurisdiction over any challenge to a revised ballot title or ballot summary prepared by the Attorney General.