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Tax amendment struck from ballot
The Legislature's proposed constitutional amendment on increasing the homestead exemption is misleading and must be stricken from the Jan. 29 ballot, a Leon County circuit judge ruled Monday.
No word yet on how legislative leaders intend to proceed, though appeal is certain. The language could also be reworked in the upcoming special session.
Siding with Weston Mayor Eric Hersh, Judge Charles A. Francis wrote: "Try as this court has, and having considered all memoranda and argument presented to the court and having read, reread, examined and studied the ballot summary under review, the court cannot find that the language is clear, concise, unambiguous and fair. The language at issue is misleading and confusing, and does not provide fair notice to the voter, educated or otherwise, of the purpose and effect of the proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution."
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