Citizen Agenda: An Update For Members Of Florida PIRG
Summer 2007
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EVERY VOTE COUNTS—Thanks to strong leadership from Gov. Crist, Florida lawmakers have finally taken steps to restore some voter confidence in Florida’s elections by replacing faulty touch-screen voting machines with ones that produce a verifiable paper record.


 

Law Nixes Faulty Touch-Screen Voting
Voter confidence in Florida’s elections has flagged in recent years due to a steady stream of election errors. Florida PIRG’s work to make every vote count paid off on May 2 when the governor signed a bill to replace the state’s error-prone touch-screen voting machines with optical-scan voting machines that will produce a voter-verified paper trail.

Legislature Takes First Steps On Insurance Reform
This year, Florida PIRG began working with an insurance reform coalition consisting of homeowner organizations, condo associations and consumer groups, together representing over several million Floridians.

 

Victory For Florida Renters

Legislature Bans Gift Card Expiration Dates

Sports Subsidies Should Require Voter Approval

Carbon Monoxide Bill Passes Legislature

Florida PIRG Works To Save The Voters’ Voice

House Moves To Harness Medicare’s Buying Power

TJX Data Breach: Need for ID Theft Reform

Local Campaigns Defend Public Transit Alternatives

Cutting Excessive Subsidies To Oil And Gas Companies

 

Anatomy Of Victory: Reducing Student Loan Interest Rates

Floridians To FCC: Protect Media Ownership Limits

Anti-Consumer Cable Bill Becomes Law

First Steps On Curbing Congressional Corruption

Planned Giving: An Enduring Gift Of Hope And Action

 


A Changing Of The Guard

 

Florida PIRG
Citizen Agenda
Summer 2007
Vol. 23, No. 2

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