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Last month the Florida Secretary of State’s office said that the Florida Hometown Democracy Campaign had come up more than 65,000 signatures short of the 611,009 needed to qualify for the November ballot.

It was a bitter disappointment for supporters of the proposal, which would force public votes on big development decisions. The authors say they will continue to collect signatures so the measure can make the 2010 ballot.

But other supporters are angry at how the petition counting was ...