Pro-choice protesters in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 29, 2022. Credit: Photo by Chandler Cullota
The latest financial reports show that a political committee leading efforts to pass Amendment 4 raised $7.26 million from Aug. 3 through last Thursday. With anti-abortion PACs lining up to defeat the effort to enshrine abortion rights into Florida’s constitution, folks who don’t want the government to tell child-carrying people what to do with their bodies are gonna need all the help they can get.
This weekend, as part of a statewide day of action, the St. Pete League of Women Voters, together with Progress Florida, is going door-to-door to talk to locals about voting “Yes On 4.” No experience is necessary, and the group will provide volunteers with all the training and material they need.
Democratic leaders argue, in part, that the agency has violated a state law that bars government employees from using their offices or authority to try to influence elections.
Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...
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