{"id":2321,"date":"2025-03-24T13:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2321"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:41:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:41:18","slug":"restricting-citizen-led-amendments-isnt-freedom","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/fr\/articles\/restreindre-les-amendements-proposes-par-les-citoyens-nest-pas-une-forme-de-liberte\/","title":{"rendered":"Restreindre les amendements propos\u00e9s par les citoyens n&#039;est pas synonyme de libert\u00e9"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2321","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-opinion"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Instead of adding more restrictions to an already difficult process, let\u2019s join together to fight for our freedom to have a say using the direct democracy promised to us by Florida\u2019s constitution.","featured_image":"","article_type":215,"authors":"","related_issues":[404,86,92,402],"related_work":[398,400],"location":12},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":true,"person":null,"name":"Amy Keith","role":"","phone":"","email":"akeith@commoncause.org"},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/author\/amy-keith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publi\u00e9 dans l&#039;Orlando Sentinel<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lorsque la Floride fut admise aux \u00c9tats-Unis en 1845, notre <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dos.fl.gov\/florida-facts\/florida-state-symbols\/state-flag\/floridas-historic-flags\/state-flags\/state-flag-1845\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">premier drapeau d&#039;\u00c9tat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00e9tait orn\u00e9 d&#039;une devise en trois mots : Laissez-nous tranquilles. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C&#039;est un concept simple, mais malheureusement, trop souvent ignor\u00e9 par des politiciens d\u00e9connect\u00e9s de la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 qui se plient aux d\u00e9sirs de leurs donateurs milliardaires et de l&#039;\u00e9lite des entreprises pour s&#039;immiscer dans nos vies et mettre nos libert\u00e9s en danger.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La bonne nouvelle est qu&#039;ici en Floride, la constitution de notre \u00c9tat donne \u00e0 We The People un moyen de riposter.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depuis des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations, le processus d&#039;amendement citoyen de notre \u00c9tat permet aux Floridiens d&#039;adopter des politiques qui am\u00e9liorent nos vies et renforcent nos communaut\u00e9s. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ces amendements, les \u00e9lecteurs ont augment\u00e9 le salaire minimum, exig\u00e9 la transparence de notre gouvernement, instaur\u00e9 l&#039;enseignement pr\u00e9scolaire universel et volontaire, r\u00e9duit la taille des classes et prot\u00e9g\u00e9 nos richesses environnementales.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soyons \u00e9galement clairs : \u00e0 l\u2019heure actuelle, le processus pour inscrire un amendement au scrutin en Floride est d\u00e9j\u00e0 l\u2019un des plus stricts du pays, n\u00e9cessitant pr\u00e8s d\u2019un million de signatures pour figurer sur le bulletin de vote et le soutien de 60% des \u00e9lecteurs pour \u00eatre adopt\u00e9.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pour illustrer \u00e0 quel point il est difficile d&#039;obtenir le soutien de 60%, la constitution originale de la Floride, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9e par le peuple de notre \u00c9tat en 1868, n&#039;a re\u00e7u que 59 95% des voix !<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mais aujourd\u2019hui, les politiciens et les groupes d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eats priv\u00e9s tentent de r\u00e9\u00e9crire les r\u00e8gles pour conserver le pouvoir entre leurs mains plut\u00f4t que de laisser le peuple s\u2019exprimer.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le gouverneur Ron DeSantis et les l\u00e9gislateurs de Tallahassee ont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 cette ann\u00e9e une s\u00e9rie de propositions limitant consid\u00e9rablement les amendements propos\u00e9s par les citoyens, compromettant ainsi notre capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 participer \u00e0 la d\u00e9mocratie. Ils acc\u00e9l\u00e8rent le processus l\u00e9gislatif pour faire adopter ces propositions.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C\u2019est une erreur pour la Floride et c\u2019est le sympt\u00f4me d\u2019un leadership qui s\u2019int\u00e9resse davantage \u00e0 ses propres ambitions politiques qu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9coute du peuple qu\u2019il a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lu pour servir.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nous devrions donner davantage de moyens aux citoyens de s\u2019exprimer, et non leur imposer davantage de restrictions.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u2019avantage de notre processus d\u2019amendement est que nous n\u2019avons pas besoin d\u2019\u00eatre d\u2019accord sur chaque amendement.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J&#039;ai certes vot\u00e9 contre de nombreux amendements et j&#039;en ai soutenu beaucoup aussi. Mais ma voix a \u00e9t\u00e9 directement entendue sur ces questions, tout comme celle de mes voisins. Nous sommes tous d&#039;accord pour dire que nous m\u00e9ritons d&#039;\u00eatre entendus par les urnes.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nous n\u2019avons pas besoin de nouvelles restrictions impos\u00e9es \u00e0 notre pouvoir par des politiciens d\u00e9connect\u00e9s de la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 qui ont oubli\u00e9 \u00e0 qui ils doivent r\u00e9ellement rendre des comptes.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Au lieu d&#039;ajouter davantage de restrictions \u00e0 un processus d\u00e9j\u00e0 difficile, unissons-nous pour lutter pour notre libert\u00e9 d&#039;avoir notre mot \u00e0 dire en utilisant la d\u00e9mocratie directe qui nous est promise par la constitution de la Floride.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parce que nos voix m\u00e9ritent d\u2019\u00eatre entendues.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amy Keith est directrice ex\u00e9cutive de Common Cause Florida<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common Cause est une organisation non partisane et populaire qui se consacre \u00e0 la d\u00e9fense des valeurs fondamentales de la d\u00e9mocratie am\u00e9ricaine. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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