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Resident urges council to drop requirement to state street address during public comment
Summary
A resident told the Oviedo City Council that federal and state law limit requiring a speaker to state their home address during public comment and asked the council to amend its policy to avoid chilling participation.
A resident told the Oviedo City Council on April 21 that the city’s requirement that speakers state their name and street address on the record chills participation and may conflict with state and federal law.
David Williamson, who identified himself as a resident and provided his address on the speaker form, told the council: “It’s not permissible to compel anyone’s speech … to require or compel someone to speak anything at all isn’t allowed under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.” He cited Subsection 4 of Florida Statutes 286.0114 and urged the council to amend its policy so meeting attendees are not compelled to disclose a street address on…
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