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Typo Forces Santa Rosa County To Pull Referendum From Ballot
August 7, 2012
A typo has led to a referendum’s withdrawal from the ballot in Santa Rosa County.
There was a typographical error on the resolution signed by the Santa Rosa County Commission and the corresponding non-binding referendum on the August ballot regarding new and expanding business tax incentives. As a result, the ballot measure will not be counted by the supervisor of elections’ office. The item is printed on the ballot, but signs will be posted in the voting booths notifying voters of the change.
Commissioners may choose to request the item be included in future elections.
The clerical error cited “Constitutional Article VI Section 3″; however, the correct provision in the Florida Constitution is “Article VII Section 3″. Section 3 of Article VI pertains to the citizen’s oath while Section 3 of Article VII outlines tax exemptions.
The withdrawal of the ballot measure is not anticipated to have a negative impact on future economic growth as the county has an ordinance which gives the board of commissioners the authority to grant tax refunds as an economic incentive to qualifying new or expanding businesses.
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2 Responses to “Typo Forces Santa Rosa County To Pull Referendum From Ballot”
Clerical error.
Mistakes happen. That fact should be considered when we consider putting our lives in the hands of clerks, many of whom are very good and careful, some of whom are thinking about other things.
I saw a T-shirt saying LET”S EAT GRANDMA
LET’S EAT, GRANDMA
PROPER PUNCTUATION SAVES LIVES
and then there’s the tale of a ship who spotted the Bismark and requested instructions regarding engaging the vastly superior firepower. The response was NO DANGER TOO GREAT STOP
They attacked and were destroyed. What the message was supposed to say was
NO STOP DANGER TOO GREAT STOP
David for proper nutrition,
punctuation and references
Sure it was a typo?
The reason we have the election officials on the taxpayers dole and vote the supervisor of elections in is to avoid these “mistakes”