Florida Judge Rejects Delay in ‘Confusing’ Abortion Ballot Case

Florida election officials can’t delay rewriting their “inaccurate, ambiguous, misleading, unclear and confusing” fiscal statement state officials wants to place beneath the ballot measure that could add pregnancy termination rights to the Florida Constitution this November.

In lightning-fast litigation Florida Second Circuit Judge John C. Cooper ordered the state’s Financial Impact Estimating Conference to revamp its fiscal impact statement for the ballot measure on Monday, received arguments from the state and parties about staying that decision pending the state’s appeal, and rejected that stay Tuesday—all within roughly 24 hours.

Allowing the state to delay rewriting its impact statement—which references now ...