Lawsuit claims proposed property tax amendment’s ballot language is ‘biased’

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: June 11, 2026

Words: 513

Last Updated: 12 hours, 8 minutes ago

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A week after the Florida Legislature placed a constitutional amendment aimed at reducing homestead property taxes on the statewide ballot, a nonprofit group has filed a lawsuit seeking a declaration that the ballot language is “unconstitutionally biased, misleading and inaccurate.”

The action also asks the court to direct Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to redraft the language before it goes to the voters in November.

The lawsuit was filed Thursday in the …

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