{"id":2263,"date":"2025-05-02T15:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T19:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/?post_type=press&#038;p=2263"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:59:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:59:34","slug":"florida-legislature-passes-sweeping-restrictions-to-citizen-led-amendments-floridians-must-demand-a-veto","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/pt\/press\/legislatura-da-florida-aprova-restricoes-abrangentes-as-emendas-lideradas-pelos-cidadaos-os-floridianos-devem-exigir-um-veto\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislatura da Fl\u00f3rida aprova restri\u00e7\u00f5es abrangentes a emendas propostas por cidad\u00e3os; moradores da Fl\u00f3rida devem exigir veto"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2263","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Lawmakers passed HB1205. This bill imposes harsh restrictions on the citizen-led amendment process and would make it extremely difficult for everyday citizens to get an amendment on the ballot:\r\n","featured_image":"","press_type":149,"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":"Kenny Colston","role":"","phone":"","email":"kcolston@commoncause.org"},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Os legisladores aprovaram o Projeto de Lei HB1205 hoje, no \u00faltimo dia previsto da sess\u00e3o legislativa. Este projeto de lei imp\u00f5e severas restri\u00e7\u00f5es ao processo de emendas lideradas pelos cidad\u00e3os e tornaria extremamente dif\u00edcil para os cidad\u00e3os comuns conseguirem uma emenda na vota\u00e7\u00e3o:<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estabelece um prazo irrealista para o envio de assinaturas de peti\u00e7\u00f5es<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Torna o processo de coleta de peti\u00e7\u00f5es extremamente caro para futuras emendas lideradas por cidad\u00e3os<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amea\u00e7a volunt\u00e1rios da comunidade com potenciais multas e acusa\u00e7\u00f5es criminais por erros honestos<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pr\u00f3xima parada deste projeto de lei \u00e9 a mesa do governador. Restringir emendas propostas por cidad\u00e3os tem sido uma das principais prioridades do governador desde antes da sess\u00e3o legislativa de 2025, e segue sua oposi\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0s emendas propostas por cidad\u00e3os que estavam na vota\u00e7\u00e3o em 2024.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA Constitui\u00e7\u00e3o da Fl\u00f3rida concede aos cidad\u00e3os do nosso estado o direito de colocar quest\u00f5es em vota\u00e7\u00e3o para o povo da Fl\u00f3rida, mas esta legislatura optou mais uma vez por restringir esse direito e concentrar ainda mais o poder em suas pr\u00f3prias m\u00e3os. Os floridianos devem agir, ligando para o gabinete do governador e exigindo um veto. N\u00e3o podemos ficar parados enquanto eles tentam nos silenciar. Nosso governador afirma que somos o &#039;estado livre da Fl\u00f3rida&#039;, mas com pol\u00edticas como a HB1205, estamos nos tornando cada vez mais o estado corporativo da Fl\u00f3rida, onde apenas os ultra-ricos conseguem ter suas vozes ouvidas\u201d, disse. <\/span><b>Amy Keith, Diretora Executiva da Common Cause Florida.<\/b><b>\r\n<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cO poder de governar reside no povo. A Constitui\u00e7\u00e3o da Fl\u00f3rida pertence ao povo da Fl\u00f3rida e concede ao povo da Fl\u00f3rida a capacidade de se autogovernar diretamente, por meio de um processo de emendas liderado pelos cidad\u00e3os. Hoje, a Assembleia Legislativa da Fl\u00f3rida votou para restringir severamente nosso direito de autogoverno. N\u00e3o toleraremos restri\u00e7\u00f5es extremas ao nosso direito de emendar nossa pr\u00f3pria constitui\u00e7\u00e3o. Esperem que compare\u00e7amos para lutar por mudan\u00e7as quando nossa Assembleia Legislativa se recusar a nos servir e nos representar\u201d, disse. <\/span><b>Adora Obi Nweze, Presidente, Confer\u00eancia Estadual da NAACP da Fl\u00f3rida.<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cJovens em toda a Fl\u00f3rida est\u00e3o indignados. O Projeto de Lei 1205 foi aprovado em sua audi\u00eancia final hoje, e nossos legisladores escolheram o interesse pol\u00edtico em detrimento da vontade do povo. Eles temem o poder coletivo que demonstramos nos \u00faltimos anos \u2014 poder que colocou com sucesso emendas lideradas por cidad\u00e3os na vota\u00e7\u00e3o. Agora, mais uma vez, o processo de Emendas Lideradas por Cidad\u00e3os est\u00e1 sendo sistematicamente restringido, dificultando a participa\u00e7\u00e3o dos cidad\u00e3os comuns da Fl\u00f3rida em sua democracia. Apelamos ao Governador para que vete este projeto de lei e apoie o povo que o elegeu\u201d, disse <\/span><b>Leydi Amador, organizadora do movimento estudantil pela democracia na Fl\u00f3rida.<\/b>"}},{"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}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Florida Legislature Passes Sweeping Restrictions to Citizen-led Amendments; Floridians Must Demand a Veto - Common Cause Florida<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lawmakers passed HB1205. 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