To subscribe, call 904.829.6586 Order Home Delivery Online Order or renew daily and Sunday home delivery of the Record for one year. Record Week Eight of the Florida Legislature saw the stalemate on the budget end with a tentative agreement between the House and the Senate on tax cuts which has led to discussions leading toward a final agreement. Week Eight of the Florida Legislature saw the stalemate on the budget end with a tentative agreement between the House and the Senate on tax cuts which has led to discussions leading toward a final agreement. Beyond the budget, election reform dominated the legislative landscape, once again, as the House debated a number of election reform proposals. On Tuesday, the House rejected the Marjorie Turnbull Campaign Finance Reform Act.
Current law has no caps on either type of contribution.
In a separate vote, the House defeated an amendment that would have made all supervisors of elections nonpartisan. The House did approve, by a vote of 78-39, legislation that eliminates the second primary election while increasing campaign contributions to individual candidates. The measure also has many provisions relating to absentee ballots and voter registration. While this bill corrects many of the problems experienced during the 2000 general election, I have grave concerns over any measure that would increase campaign contributions and spending. Accordingly, I did not vote for final passage of the bill.