...on appellants' challenge to the procedure used in the special elections by which Lee County voters approved the adoption of the Lee County Charter. We affirm. The two key statutes authorizing counties to adopt a county home rule charter are sections
125.60 and
125.82(1), Florida Statutes (1995), which provide as follows:
125.60 Adoption of county charter. Any county not having a chartered form of consolidated government may, pursuant to the provisions of ss.
125.60-125.64, locally initiate and adopt by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the county a county home rule charter. (Emphasis supplied.)
125.82 Charter adoption by ordinance. (1) As a supplemental and alternative way to the provisions of ss.
125.60-125.64, inclusive, the board of county commissioners may propose by ordinance a charter consistent with the provisions of this part and provide for a special election pursuant to the procedures established in s....
...See Miami Dolphins, Ltd. v. Metropolitan Dade County,
394 So.2d 981 (Fla.1981); Boardman v. Esteva,
323 So.2d 259 (Fla.1975). Section
101.161(1) provides that the ballot title shall speak in terms "by which the measure is commonly referred to or spoken of." Section
125.60 speaks specifically in terms of "a county home rule charter." We conclude in regard to the ballot title that the addition of the words "home rule" brought the title more in conformity with the statutory intent and, rather than being misleading, was clarifying....
