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What do you all think of Amendment 6--the victim's rights amendment (Original Post) minoan Oct 2018 OP
Not good MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #1
Vote no. Actor Kelsey Grammer (huge Repub) is their spokesperson. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #2
Oh God. Ted Nugent wasn't available? MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #4
Unfortunately, it's a good ad. He tugs on heartstrings about family murders. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #5
Ted is still upset about the Rock Hall of Fame snub. Blue_true Oct 2018 #11
Funny! MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #12
My rule on Florida Amendments MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #3
Yes. except to Restore former felon voting rights. vote yes on 4. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #6
Absolutely! Voted YES on Monday. We've been waiting for that a long time MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #8
That's how I do it too. Pacifist Patriot Nov 2018 #17
Vote No A DAY IN THE LIFE Oct 2018 #7
Good analyis and right on point MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #9
Vote no on all except restoration of voting rights. GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #10
I voted No on all except for the amendment to return voting rights and to end dog racing NightWatcher Oct 2018 #13
I voted yes on ending dog racing too radical noodle Nov 2018 #15
I posted this in the Florida Forum. FL Democratic Party guide to voting on Florida's Amenments. Fla Dem Oct 2018 #14
Dem headquarters rec. yes on 3,4,9,13 kerry-is-my-prez Nov 2018 #16

MaryMagdaline

(6,849 posts)
1. Not good
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:12 AM
Oct 2018

It limits appeals and collateral attacks in death penalty cases and does not guarantee rights of accused. Current law is strong for victim’s rights without hurting the accused.

League of Women voters against it. Liberal organizations oppose it.

I agreed with league of women voters on everything except gambling.

Funtatlaguy

(10,856 posts)
2. Vote no. Actor Kelsey Grammer (huge Repub) is their spokesperson.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:17 AM
Oct 2018

That tells me all I need to know.
He’s pushing the same thing in several states.....Georgia and Florida...maybe others.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
11. Ted is still upset about the Rock Hall of Fame snub.
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 11:17 AM
Oct 2018

So, he can't get his shit together, not that he ever had it together, as his draft board antics proved.

MaryMagdaline

(6,849 posts)
3. My rule on Florida Amendments
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:18 AM
Oct 2018

When in doubt, vote no. (Not trying to be smug. It’s what I pound into my head every time I read the amendments.) It will be hard to reverse a constitutional change once approved.

Another rule I have for myself is that if I don’t understand its plain meaning on the first read, I vote no.

This year the amendments bundled too many things into one. This is unconstitutional. They only threw out one Amendment for not sticking to single subject but several more could have been challenged.

MaryMagdaline

(6,849 posts)
8. Absolutely! Voted YES on Monday. We've been waiting for that a long time
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:43 AM
Oct 2018

Charlie Crist put in place an application process to restore rights. He signed off on a couple hundred thousand. Once Scott got in office, it trickled down to a few dozen restored rights. That's why we need the Amendment.




 
7. Vote No
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:23 AM
Oct 2018

Victims' rights are already included in the FL Constitution. What 6 does is remove from the consitution a provision that restricts victims' rights from violating the rights of the accused.

2ndly, it raises the age of retirement for judges from 70 to 75.

And, it prohibits courts determining the constitutionality of a law from seeking information about the law from the agency that uses it.

This is a bundled amendment that hopes victim rights carries the other stuff to victory. Bundling in FL is actually illegal, but the state supreme court didn't have a problem with it.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
10. Vote no on all except restoration of voting rights.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 08:39 PM
Oct 2018

All others were placed on the ballot by right wing groups.

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