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ADDITIONAL STANDARDS TO BE FOLLOWED IN APPORTIONING LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
05-15

Reference:
Article III, Section 16

Summary:
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Establishes additional standards for legislative and congressional districts beyond those currently set forth in the state constitution. Requires that districts be compact and, where practicable, utilize existing political and geographical boundaries; that districts, where practicable, preserve communities of interest; that districts not be drawn to favor an incumbent, political party or other person; that competitive districts should be favored and that districts not consider the residence of any individual, except to comply with the constitution or laws of the United States.

Sponsor:
Committee for Fair Elections
1720 South Gadsden Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301-0000
(850) 222-3883
  Contact: Ben Wilcox, Chairperson

Signatures:
Statewide total needed for judicial and financial impact review (signed by 25% of voters required by s. 3, Art. XI of the State Constitution in one-half of the congressional districts): 61,113 
Statewide total needed to make ballot position (signed by 8% of the voters in at least one-half of Florida's congressional districts and in the state as whole as of the last presidential election): 611,009 
Statewide total currently valid: 73,202*
Congressional district totals needed for judicial and economic reviews and ballot placement, with currently valid signatures: View by District by County
*Statewide and congressional district totals for ballot position are NOT OFFICAL until the Secretary of State determines the requisite signatures have been obtained and issues a certificate of ballot position. Once an initiative petition is certified for ballot position, total currently valid may exceed the official totals at time of certification. For status on ballot position, see Status Table below.
 
To find out the signature threshold required in each Congressional District for review and ballot position, the current number of verified signatures in each Congressional District by county, and how many Congressional Districts may have met or exceeded signature thresholds, click the link above titled "View by District by County".

Status: Closed
Approval Date: 03/23/2005 
Undue Burden:  
Made Review:  
Attorney General:  
Sent to Supreme Court:  
Supreme Court Ruling:  
SC Ruling Date:  
Made Ballot:  
Ballot Number: 0  
Election Year: 2008 




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