New Florida Election Law Bill passes Legislature, on its way to the Governor
April 30, 2010
With a flurry of action yesterday, a new election law bill passed the House and Senate yesterday and is on its way to the Governor. I’ll spend more time going over it if the Governor signs it, but what jumped out immediately to me was this new section: 97.0115 Preemption.-All matters set forth in chapters 97-105 are preempted to the state, except as otherwise specifically authorized by state or federal law. The conduct of municipal elections shall be governed by s. 100.3605.
Florida election law bill vetoed
April 7, 2010
The Florida Governor vetoed HB1207, a recently passed election law bill.
According to the bill analysis posted online, the bill would have reenacted and amended provisions related to electioneering communications and electioneering communication organizations (ECOs), revised provisions relating to use of local government funds for political advertising, and authorized the leader of each political party conference of the state House of Representatives and Senate to establish a separate, affiliated party committee to support the election of candidates of the leader’s political party. Here are links to coverage in the Miami Herald, Palm Beach Post, St. Pete Times, and Orlando Sentinel.