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May 26, 2023 by pbcnow

UPDATED: Petition to Protect Freedom/ Abortion Access

ALERT: Rules & Forms for Collecting the Floridians Protecting Freedom/Abortion Access Petition

Click here to open and print the petition. Please share widely!

Dear Friends,

This email provides more information than my first letter about gathering the more than 900,000 petitions we need to have our citizen-initiated amendment to protect women’s healthcare freedom by making abortion access declared legal. Once we can get it on the 2024 ballot, the electorate can vote, and we will secure a long overdue protection in Florida. 

Please open https://linktr.ee/floridians protecting freedom for the rules and links to forms – especially check out the Volunteer Guide. I cannot underscore enough how important it is that every petition be checked for legibility, correct county, not country; birthdates, date signed and signature. If there is one error, it will not count!

WE DO NOT HAVE 30 DAYS TO GET THE PETITIONS TO A HUB, BECAUSE THE HUB NEEDS TO SEND THEM TO THE STATE WITHIN 30 DAYS. Therefore, we need to deliver signed petitions within seven days of when they were signed.
FYI: Here is the link to the rules and forms:  https://linktr.ee/floridians protecting freedom

The text reads: Petitions must be turned into the state within 30 days of collection. This means you should mail them in or drop them off at a hub within 7 days or less of collection. It is great to see how many Florida voters are eager to support our effort. It is not surprising, because permanent legal status for women’s healthcare choices is so long overdue. The task is huge, its success is imperative.

Please contact me for any questions or concerns: 561-504-9780; <austin@prescott.edu>. I am also available to pick up your collections if you are unable to deliver them yourself to a hub. OR YOU CAN MAIL THEM TO THE ADDRESS LISTED ON THE WEBSITE:
Petition Collection
Post Office Box 4068
Sarasota, FL 34230

Many thanks,

Warmly,
Arlene
Arlene R Ustin
Florida NOW, VP; LWVPBC, member
(561) 504-9780
austin@prescott.edu

May 13, 2023 by pbcnow

Please Sign the Petition – Floridians Protecting Women’s Freedom

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Please share widely!!!
Hello Friends,

Most of us are outraged by the new anti-abortion laws and the fact that women’s lives and health have been put in jeopardy and more families will be shattered. This new petition would help change the laws in Florida. The link below provides the petition and specifics: who can sign (anyone who can vote in Florida), answers to other FAQs, where to send it when completed. For your convenience, the petition itself is attached below and please note that I am very happy to collect all petitions and deliver them to our local hub.

Please send the link to members of your organizations, family, and friends. For this citizen-initiated amendment to appear on a ballot, the coalition needs to gather at least 900,000 valid petitions as soon as possible (the deadline is December 31, 2023). Please note that to be counted each petition must be legible (every letter, every number), have county entered (not country), Date of Birth is not 2023, and the signature needs to match the one on record at the Supervisors of Elections. https://floridiansprotectingfreedom.com/petition/
 
Remember, if and when you have batches of any size at any time, please contact me: 561-504-09780 or ausitn@prescott.edu.

Please help! Step by step we’ll achieve women’s equality under the law. Many thanks,

Warmly,
Arlene
Arlene R Ustin
(561) 504-9780
austin@prescott.edu

May 8, 2023 by pbcnow

Corrected link: Get Abortion Rights on the 2024 Ballot

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#FloridaNOWRepro
A newsletter of the Florida NOW Reproductive Rights Task Force
Florida NOW to Mobilize: Get Abortion Rights on the 2024 Ballot
Our reproductive rights movement’s ballot initiative campaign
Floridians Protecting Freedom is launching to protect access to abortion and ensure our personal medical decisions are ours and ours alone to make.
Get link to watch live Monday, May 8 at 10am!
Press conference this morning will launch the ballot initiative
Partners will announce the ballot initiative and lay out our strategy to protect abortion rights for Floridians now and for future generations by building specific guarantees in the State Constitution.
Sign up to get link to May 8 launch
Tuesday, May 9
Introductory Zoom: Learn about the campaign; get training on petition gathering
Find out what you need to do to get petition forms, best practices for engaging with Florida voters, and how to turn them in as part of your local organization.
There was an error on the link to sign up for the Tuesday, May 9 Introductory Zoom to learn all about the Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative campaign and to get training on petition gathering. The correct link is also corrected below:
Sign up for May 9 Ballot Initiative Introductory Zoom
#FloridaNOWRepro

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Join Florida NOW’s Reproductive Rights Task Force
Our task force meeting monthly and we hope to have at least one representative from every local NOW chapter in Florida in attendance.

If you are not already on our task force email list and would like to be added (and receive Zoom info for upcoming meetings), please click below and fill out the form.

Sign up for Repro Task Force
Saturday, May 20, 11am
Florida NOW State Conference to feature plenary focused on Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative
We hope to see all Florida NOW reproductive rights advocates in Orlando on Friday, May 19 to Sunday, May 20. Of special interest will be the Saturday morning plenary when we will hear from panelists who are part of the formation of a statewide strategy on getting abortion rights on the ballot, then getting the electorate turned out and ready to vote.

We will hear from:

  • Rep. Anna Eskamani, Florida House of Representatives
  • Kait Thomson, Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida
  • Amy Weintraub, Progress Florida and Florida NOW
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