30 as possible, while they continue to do their obstructionist and sabotage activities.” Signature-gathering deadline
The whole game is to try to get as close to Dec. “For what purpose? For the sole purpose of trying to not have the requisite number of signatures obtained between now and Dec. People are being paid off to leave the state,’’ attorney James McKee told Leon County Circuit Court Judge Angela Dempsey at a 30-minute hearing on Wednesday. “Every day that goes by, what’s happening is people are being poached. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature reauthorized in a gambling agreement signed in May.īut since Sands launched the petition drive in June, it has faced an aggressive petition blocking effort, allegedly financed by the Seminole Tribe, that includes paying petition gathering firms to not work in Florida, hiring workers to intimidate and interfere with other petition gatherers, and running an informal signature-gathering operation aimed at confusing voters. If approved, the measures would undercut the Seminole Tribe’s monopoly on casino games, which Gov.
