{"id":36546,"date":"2013-05-28T22:09:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T04:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/28\/florida-electoral-re-reform.html"},"modified":"2013-05-29T10:19:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T16:19:27","slug":"florida-electoral-re-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/28\/florida-electoral-re-reform.html","title":{"rendered":"Florida Electoral Re-Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"
So this is pretty cool news (though, given Rick Scott, I have to wonder what the actual motivation is, or when the other shoe will drop). \u00a0But aside from restoring earlier voting, etc., this one provision to Florida's new law caught my eye:<\/p>\n

'It also seeks to make ballot length more manageable by restricting constitutional amendments to a maximum of 75 words ….'<\/i><\/p>\n

My first thought is that such a restriction is kind of arbitrary. On the other hand, maybe it will help restrict lengthy, detailed legislation proposed as constitutional amendment, a practice that serves neither voters nor the state constitution well. Short amendments would require more careful crafting, and turn the focus on basic principles, not specific rate schedules and the like.<\/p>\n

On the other hand such amendments might carry more unintended consequences, or at least require more creative adjudicating with how they fit in with existing constitutional principles. \u00a0<\/p>\n

In general, though, I think it's an intriguing idea, an embodiment of the KISS principle, and perhaps one of the more meaningful (if less urgent) aspects of the electoral reform passed by Florida.<\/p><\/div>\n

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So this is pretty cool news (though, given Rick Scott, I have to wonder what the actual motivation is, or when the other shoe will drop). \u00a0But aside from restoring earlier voting, etc., this one provision to Florida's new law caught my eye: 'It also seeks to make ballot length more manageable by restricting constitutional … Continue reading “Florida Electoral 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