Volusia’s Fight Against Amendment 10 Comes To An End

DeLand, FL – After they were struck down in another court, Volusia leaders met on Tuesday (August 25th) and voted unanimously to bring the county’s fight against Amendment 10 to a close after almost two years of litigation. And that’s after weighing the possibility of going back to court yet again to appeal a Leon County judge’s recent ruling on the matter. But, despite multiple bouts in court arguing against the constitutional amendment, the county began the process of adopting Amendment 10, which included establishing the offices of Sheriff, Tax Collector, Elections Supervisor, etc., as separate entities not under the county’s budget or control. Since the fight began, Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood was elected into another term and Volusia voted in it’s first county Tax Collector since the position was abolished and absorbed into the responsibilities of the county manager in 1970. Additionally, the Department of Elections was moved to a brand new location in DeLand. If the county did move forward with another appeals process, they would have ended up in the state’s Supreme Court this time, since a district court has already ruled on a matter of the Florida Constitution.