Five fights on the ballot. Five signatures we’re still collecting.
Petitions are the ballot box before the ballot box. None of these will appear on a ballot unless people put a pen to a clipboard. Sign one. Sign all five. Then ask three neighbors to do the same.
Signatures are the only way to put a question on a Florida ballot.
Florida’s citizen-initiative process is one of the hardest in the country: 891,523 valid signatures, spread across half the congressional districts, collected in a 24-month window. The Coalition runs Pinellas County’s share. We collect, we verify, we log, and we mail in batches every two weeks.
Sign the petitions. Then sign the schedule to host a canvass.
Florida Amendment 4 — Reproductive Rights
A statewide constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion before viability. Requires 891,523 valid signatures statewide. Coalition is responsible for the Pinellas County contribution.
Florida Amendment 5 — Recreational Cannabis
Constitutional amendment legalizing adult-use cannabis and creating a regulated market. Coalition takes no position on the substance question; we support the ballot-access process.
Pinellas Short-Term Rental Cap Extension
Local initiative to extend the 2025 STR cap by another five years, with an explicit carve-out for owner-occupied properties. Drafted by the Coalition's housing working group with input from three neighborhood associations.
Public-Records Modernization
A local initiative to require all county commission meeting minutes, agendas, and votes to be published in machine-readable format within 72 hours of the meeting. Plain language: stop hiding government in PDFs.
Citywide Civilian Police Review Board (St. Petersburg)
A municipal initiative to establish an independent civilian review board with subpoena authority for police misconduct complaints. Coalition is co-sponsoring with three local organizations.
The deadlines are real. Pen and clipboard, please.
Amendment 4 must be in by February 1, 2026. The two county initiatives by July 1. Skip a week and we miss the threshold.
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