ballot initiative

The order means campaigns to expand Medicaid and legalize recreational pot will largely have to operate under the new restrictions as they try to gather enough signatures to qualify for the 2026 ballot.

The Senate measure would go further than the House's in some ways. For instance, it would require volunteer petition gatherers — not just paid circulators, as is the case now — to register with the state.

After political battles last year over constitutional amendments, a state House panel approved a bill that focuses on gathering and submitting petition signatures to place measures on the ballot.

In all, Trulieve had contributed about $60.39 million to the committee as of July 19, according to a state Division of Elections database.

The proposals needed support from 60 percent of voters to pass. As of late Tuesday, all three were below that threshold.

It’s been less than four years since Florida voters gave medical marijuana a green light but the plant could wind up on the ballot again next year....

The American Civil Liberties Union is vowing to plow $5 million into a felon rights initiative now that organizers have cleared initial Florida Supreme...