Florida GOP Move Could Help Derail Amendment To Ban Gay Marriage

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/02/022006florida.htm

Florida Republicans are preparing a bill to limit the way names are collected on petitions to amend the state constitution.

Last year lawmakers passed legislation shortening the length of time citizen groups have to collect names - a move that a group trying to get a proposed amendment that would ban gay marriage put before voters claim was responsible for them coming up short this year.

Now GOP politicians want to tighten the law, forcing hired guns that collect the signatures to swear they registered are voters in the state and wear pins saying they are being paid to collect the names.

The aim is to prevent fraud in the gathering of signatures.

[dsc]

1. That needs to be done regardless of why the signatures are being collected

Given the amount of fraud in Massachusetts it is apparent that something needs to be done.

[xchrom]

2. lol -- i hope the shoo the religous tapeworms in the ass.