Source: The Intercept
by Jessica Washington & Shawn Musgrave
“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent the last year throwing the full weight of his administration behind killing Amendment 4, a citizen-led ballot initiative to enshrine the right to an abortion ‘before viability’ in the state constitution. DeSantis’s opposition to the amendment is not altogether surprising — if approved by voters in the November election, it would effectively invalidate a six-week abortion ban that he signed into law, …. But his tactics have been raising alarm bells, even from within his administration. Earlier this month, the general counsel for the Florida Department of Health resigned in protest over cease-and-desist letters he claimed DeSantis’s office ordered him to send to television stations that aired an ad in support of the proposed amendment. The letters were just the latest in a series of drastic steps the governor has taken to interfere with direct democracy this election cycle.” (10/29/24)
https://theintercept.com/2024/10/29/florida-ron-desantis-election-amendments-abortion-marijuana/