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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Marilynn Wills
[mailto:marilynnwills@msn.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 16, 2007 6:37
PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> FW: ACTION ALERT SB900 REDUX<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=3><STRONG>SB 900 WILL BE HEARD IN THE JUDIDICARY COMMITTEE
TOMORROW, APRIL 17 AT 2:00 P.M. CONTACT AS MANY MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE AS POSSIBLE AND ASK THEM TO VOTE NO ON THIS
BILL.<BR></STRONG></FONT><BR></P>
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<DIV class=RTE align=center><FONT color=#ff0033 size=3><STRONG>ACTION
ALERT! ACTION ALERT! ACTION
ALERT!</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3>SB900l is comparable to
SB720 of the 2006 session, a bill we worked to defeat. Again, the
citizen initiative process is under fire. The League of Women Voters of
Florida supports the citizens' initiative process and is opposed to this bill
and any others that would make it more difficult for citizens to be involved
in their government (See Study & Action, pp. 8-9).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>In SB900:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>There are stringent requirements for
paid petition gatherers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>A revocation process is created in the
bill. Instead of creating a process where a petition signer would
contact the elections supervisor in order to remove his/her signature from a
petition, people involved in a "counter-campaign" could distribute forms for
citizens to revoke their signatures. It would be difficult to know how
many signatures an organization really has collected; it would also create a
cottage industry in the petition revocation process.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>All signatures collected would have to
be turned into the supervisor of elections within a thirty day period in order
to be valid.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>Please contact members of the Judiciary
Committee asap and ask them to vote "NO" on this bill.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>J. Alex Villalobos
Chmn </FONT><A
href="mailto:villalobos.alex.web@flsenate.gov"><FONT
size=3>villalobos.alex.web@flsenate.gov</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>Alex Diaz de la
Portilla </FONT><A
href="mailto:portilla.alex.web@flsenate.gov"><FONT
size=3>portilla.alex.web@flsenate.gov</FONT></A><FONT
size=3> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>Mike
Fasano
</FONT><A href="mailto:fasano.mike.web@flsenate.gov"><FONT
size=3>fasano.mike.web@flsenate.gov</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>Don
Gaetz
</FONT><A href="mailto:gaetz.don.web@flsenate.gov"><FONT
size=3>gaetz.don.web@flsenate.gov</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>Burt
Saunders
</FONT><A href="mailto:saunders.burt.web@flsenate.gov"><FONT
size=3>saunders.burt.web@flsenate.gov</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>Daniel
Webster
(407) 656-0066 (850) 487-5047</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>Arthenia Joyner Vice Ch
</FONT><A href="mailto:joyner.arthenia.web@flsenate.gov"><FONT
size=3>joyner.arthenia.web@flsenate.gov</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>Ted
Deutch
</FONT><A href="mailto:deutch.ted.web@flsenate.gov"><FONT
size=3>deutch.ted.web@flsenate.gov</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>Steven
Geller </FONT><A
href="mailto:geller.steven.web@flsenate.gov"><FONT
size=3>geller.steven.web@flsenate.gov</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV class=RTE align=left><FONT size=3>Jeremy
Ring
</FONT><A href="mailto:ring.jeremy.web@flsenate.gov"><FONT
size=3>ring.jeremy.web@flsenate.gov</FONT></A></DIV>
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