Florida Voters in Charge spearheaded efforts to ask voters to decide whether to allow pari-mutuel operators in North Florida to add casino games to their operations. But Florida Voters in Charge and affiliated petition firms filed a lawsuit alleging that another committee, firms and people linked to the Seminole Tribe had tried to sabotage their petition drive. The deadline for signatures is Tuesday,
supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing casinos in North Florida have dropped a lawsuit that alleged opponents tried to “sabotage” petition gathering.
A court battle involving a proposed constitutional amendment that would open the door to casinos in North Florida continued to escalate, with a committee linked to the Seminole Tribe accusing backers of the measure of “engaging in a widespread, election-law conspiracy” in the race to gather enough signatures to place the initiative on the November ballot.