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The poll of 1,000 Florida registered voters shows 32% are unsure. The proposal requires 60% of the vote to pass. Also, a majority said a six-week abortion ban that takes effect May 1 is "too strict."

Florida is one of 10 states where the Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid for low-income adults has not been implemented.

The signature totals posted Friday on the Division of Elections website showed that the largest number of valid signatures, 54,277, had been collected in Congressional District 14 in Hillsborough and Pinellas.

The University of North Florida poll sampled voters across the state from Nov. 6- 26. Of the 716 registered voters who participated, 277 were completed via telephone and 439 online.

Attorneys for Floridians Protecting Freedom wrote that the meaning of “viability” in the context of abortion has long been understood. Attorney General Ashley Moody contents otherwise.

Abortion rights supporters have collected nearly half a million petition signatures for their campaign to place the issue before voters on the 2024 ballot.

Florida abortion advocates are working on obtaining enough petition signatures for a proposed amendment in the state constitution that explicitly protects abortion access.

In her filing, Attorney General Ashley Moody wrote “the proposed amendment fails to meet the requirements” of part of state law.

A PAC bankrolled by cannabis operator Trulieve submitted 294,037 valid petition signatures, enough to trigger a Florida Supreme Court review.

Officials from Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Leon counties filed a lawsuit in federal court in Miami challenging the lobbying restrictions.

This ruling split from a South Florida federal judge, who sided in August with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings in a challenge to the state law. In both cases, the plaintiffs argued that the law was an unconstitutional restriction on speech.

Governors in Florida can face impeachment, but only local officials can be recalled.