Bill Rights Amendments

Marijuana amendment approved by more than 50% of voters but failed. Why did that happen?

So did Florida, until a 2006 constitutional amendment passed, changing the threshold for voter approval to 60%. Ironically, it passed with only 57.78% of the vote, one of the last amendments that will ever do so in the state.

Salon on MSN · 1d

Abortion rights amendment in Florida fails by three percentage points

Florida voters declined to reinstate abortion rights into the state's Constitution on Tuesday, leaving in place restrictive six-week abortion ban that makes it nearly impossible to get an abortion in the South.

The Florida Times-Union · 2d

Why didn't Florida's abortion Amendment 4 pass at 57% yes? What happens now

Florida's proposed constitutional amendment to guarantee abortion access failed, even though more than half the voters approved it. Why?

USA Today · 1d

Florida Amendment 3 and Amendment 4 fails to get enough votes to pass

While the nation is anxiously waiting to see who will be the next president, Florida is watching six constitutional amendments.

NBC 6 South Florida · 23h

Florida Amendments 3 & 4 got the majority vote, but still didn't pass. Here's why

Amendments 3 and 4, on adult recreational marijuana use and abortion rights, were the most hotly contested, and both received majority approval. But they still didn’t pass. Why?

discoverairdrie9d

What you should know about the government's proposed Bill of Rights amendments

The Alberta government has announced proposed amendments to the Alberta Bill of Rights, which the UCP says aims to modernize ...

NOLA.com1d

Voters back workers bill of rights, affordable housing fund in New Olreans

Voters approved three key major ballot measures Tuesday, backing two city ballot proposals for affordable housing and ...

Edmonton Sun on MSN7d

GUNTER: Alberta Bill of Rights amendments impact minimal, but important

“These amendments to the Alberta Bill of Rights are not just legal changes,” Premier Danielle Smith explained when ...

Florida abortion rights amendment fails

Also called the 'Right to Abortion Initiative,' Amendment 4 seeks to limit government interference with abortion.

Pakistan Today32m

The Amendment bears its fruit

AT PENPOINTSomeone, somewhere, must miss the good old Act of Attainder, in which the House of Commons passed a bill saying that so-and-so was a dastard and a traitor, and was to be executed, and t ...

Amendment to Renters’ Rights Bill to double licensing to ten years

The CIEH, which has sponsored the amendment, says selective and HMO property licensing schemes should be put on a more ...

Indigenous people march in Brazil’s capital against bill limiting land rights

Hundreds of Indigenous people were marching Wednesday in Brazil’s capital, urging Congress to drop a proposed constitutional ...

Human Rights Watch7d

Armenia: Surveillance Bill Threatens Rights

The Armenian government’s bill for the mandatory installation of video surveillance systems with 24-hour police access ...

1don MSN

Four states vote to protect abortion access, while efforts fail in Florida, S. Dakota

Abortion rights are on the ballot Tuesday in 10 states as voters continue to contend with the fallout of the Supreme Court's ...

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