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The latest numbers from the state show that a controversial ballot initiative is about 110,000 signatures short of appearing on the November ballot.� Florida Hometown Democracy wants voters to have the power approve or deny city and county land-use changes.� The Division of Election had to stop using a computer system because it had been miscounting signatures for months.� Hometown Democracy supporters wonder why the state waited until last week to reveal the problem.

�They could have had the fix hopefully done and arrived at ages ago,” said Hometown Democracy’s John Hedrick.� “Rather than here we are, at the supposed 11th hour.� We�re now a little more than two weeks away from the signature deadline, and yet, this all gets sprung on us.�

Supporters have to collect more than 611,000 signatures certified by the state to get ballot initiatives before voters in November.