SUPREME COURT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RULING

The Florida Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to three proposed constitutional amendments on the November ballot that focused on whether the proposals improperly bundled unrelated issues into single ballot measures. They included  Amendment 9, that seeks to ban offshore oil drilling and the use of electronic cigarettes in workplaces; Amendment 7, which deals with governance of the state-college system and death benefits for survivors of first responders and military members; and Amendment 11, which would remove constitutional language that prohibits “aliens ineligible for citizenship” from owning property and would revise language to make clear the repeal of criminal statutes does not affect the prosecution of crimes committed before the repeal.

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