The Constitution of Florida

Florida requires 60% approval for constitutional amendments

'The great irony': Why Florida amendments fail with majority support

"The legislature doesn't want citizens to go over their head so easily," Ric Keller, a Republican congressman during the 2006 session, said about creating the 60% threshold.

Axios on MSN · 1d

Why Florida requires 60% approval for constitutional amendments

The failure of Tuesday's weed and abortion ballot initiatives despite majority support has once again raised the question: What the heck, Florida? The short answer: In 2006, Florida voters passed a constitutional amendment to raise the threshold to pass constitutional amendments from 50% to 60%.

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Why Florida's constitutional amendments require approval of 60% of voters

A clear majority of voters supported two amendments to the Florida Constitution on Tuesday while rejecting four.

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Florida’s abortion rights amendment fails despite getting 57% of the vote

Florida’s voters were asked whether the state’s constitution should say that “no law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider.”

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Abortion Rights Amendment Defeated in Florida

In a significant political development, the proposed amendment to protect abortion rights in Florida was defeated. The amendment, which aimed to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution,

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Florida voters enshrine the right to fish and hunt in state constitution

Specifies that the amendment does not limit the authority granted to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission under ...

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Why does Florida require 60% vote to pass constitutional amendments?

However, Florida is one of four states that requires a 60% supermajority to change its constitution. "I'm still just processing what just happened," voter Emma Yasinsk said. Ironically, Florida ...

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Florida is the first state to reject an abortion-rights measure

WIPING AWAY tears, Lauren Brenzel, who had led Florida’s campaign to enshrine a constitutional right to an abortion, ...

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Effort to add abortion rights to Florida's constitution fails

Florida voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure that would have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution.

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Supporters of ballot initiatives see possible path in Florida’s next legislative session

I think there's common ground, and I think that there is a real path forward here in Florida.” And there is still a ...

Recreational marijuana in Florida snuffed out after amendment falls short of 60%

Its failure was one of the more shocking moments in the state’s 2024 general election. While the polling was tight, most surveys found enough supportive Floridians for it to pass.

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Florida's abortion amendment falls short of the 60% threshold to pass

While the proposal received 57% of the vote, it wasn't enough to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution and keeps ...

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Five takeaways from the Florida elections

They include the Republicans' continued dominance in the state and Gov. Ron DeSantis' influence in the outcome of the ...

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Beware of legislating in the Florida Constitution | Column

Special interests have used the ballot initiative process to short-circuit checks and balances and purchase amendments to our ...

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