Overview
- Elections officials sent the measure to Attorney General James Uthmeier and verified required congressional-district thresholds, triggering Supreme Court review.
- Attorneys for Secretary of State Cord Byrd asked the justices to dismiss Smart & Safe Florida’s mandamus petition as moot after the letters were issued.
- Smart & Safe Florida has 675,334 valid signatures toward the 880,062 required by Feb. 1, 2026, to qualify for the November 2026 ballot.
- A Leon County court hearing before Judge John Cooper is pending on a suit challenging an Oct. 3 directive that told counties to discard petitions lacking the full text.
- The committee says its mailed petitions complied by providing a link to the full text, while state lawyers argue voters must be shown the complete language at the point of circulation.