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The money in politics behind the race for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District
Editor’s note: The special election will head to a runoff on June 20. As people head to the polls today to vote in the race for the open seat in Georgia’s…
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While Florida’s well-financed sons Governor Jeb Bush and Senator Marco Rubio campaigned and lost this cycle’s presidential contest, advocates in Miami-Dade County are still striving for a money-in-politics victory.
And thanks to County Judge William Thomas, they just moved one step closer. On Friday, he ordered a citizen-backed referendum that proposes a number of campaign finance-related changes be placed on the November ballot.
Miami-Dade County’s lawyers, who oppose the initiative, immediately appealed Thomas’s decision to the Third District Court of Appeal. A decision is expected this week because the county’s election administrators must send the November ballots to the printers by Saturday, September 17.
Here’s what the ballot initiative would do, per the Miami Herald:
Read the full initiative from Accountable Miami-Dade and stay-tuned to our blog for updates through November.
Issue: Money in Politics
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