Floridians will have chance to reject Blaine and help kids.

If you care about religious freedom and educational opportunity, move to Florida, quickly, and vote (only if it's legal, of course):

With a hallmark piece of tax reform safely on the ballot, opposition melted Friday against a proposal to enshrine in the state Constitution a protection for private-school vouchers.

The Taxation and Budget Reform Commisison voted 19-6 to give voters a chance in November to undo a 2006 court ruling that struck down a school voucher program. The citizen panel meets every 20 years and has the power to put amendments directly on the ballot.

The amendment, if approved, would reverse a Florida Supreme Court decision that threw out the state's voucher program for students in poorly performing schools. The amendment would give the Legislature the power to use state money to pay for students to attend programs deemed ``alternatives to the public school system.''

The commission's vote Friday followed a hard-fought debate on Thursday when it agreed to place a major tax reform before voters: asking them to eliminate property taxes that pay for schools and force the Legislature to expand and raise sales taxes to replace those taxes.

This will be the second amendment on the ballot designed to reverse the court ruling. The panel already approved an amendment that would remove the constitutional ban on using taxpayer money for religious-based or church-run schools and institutions.

More here, from the Miami Herald.