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nonpartisan League of Women Voters says “The
amendment does not include a provision that would
allow for tax increases in times of emergencies (hur-
ricane, floods, recession, etc.) and is an abrogation
of the Legislature’s fiduciary responsibility to con-
sider all options and pass a well-reasoned budget.
AMENDMENT 6: VOTE NO
Rights of Crime Victims; If passed, the amend-
ment would give a handful of rights, including the
expectation of being “reasonably protected from the
accused,” the right to have their safety considered
when judges set bail and the right to be heard at
public trial proceedings.
But this issue is bundled with another that would
raise the required retirement age for judges from 70
to 75, and require judges to not consider a state
agency’s interpretation of a law when interpreting the
law themselves. Most Florida sheriffs support the
amendment because it beefs up victims’ rights.
However, it’s duplicative: Victims’ rights are
already protected in the Constitution, and the
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