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Episode: Episode 120: The Oral History of Amendment 10 and Protecting the Office of Sheriff: Part 2 – Florida's 20-Year Quirk
Description: In the second installment of the Oral History of Amendment 10, we discuss Florida's 20-year quirk – the Constitution Revision Commission. What is this commission and how is it able to directly put amendments on to the ballot for voters to approve or reject? We learn about the sheriffs' efforts to work with this unique commission and how one commissioner, Martin County Clerk of Court Carolyn Timmann, would become instrumental in getting a constitutional amendment on the 2018 ballot to protect the elected Office of Sheriff and get Floridians one step closer to resurrecting the long-lost office of sheriff in Mia...