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Voter Approval of Constitutional Amendments
19-08

Reference:
Article XI, Sections 5 and 7

Summary:
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Requires all proposed amendments or revisions to the state constitution to be approved by the voters in two elections, instead of one, in order to take effect. The proposal applies the current thresholds for passage to each of the two elections.

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Financial Impact
Financial Information
Additional Information

Sponsor:
Keep Our Constitution Clean PC, Inc.
Post Office Box 3068
Orlando, FL 32802-
(407) 843-8880
  Contact: Jason Zimmerman, Chairperson

Signatures:
Statewide total needed for judicial and financial impact review (signed by 25% of voters required by s. 3, Art. XI of the State Constitution in one-half of the congressional districts): 76,632 
Statewide total needed to make ballot position (signed by 8% of the voters in at least one-half of Florida's congressional districts and in the state as whole as of the last presidential election): 766,200 
Statewide total currently valid: 783,582*
Congressional district totals needed for judicial and economic reviews and ballot placement, with currently valid signatures: View by District by County
*Statewide and congressional district totals for ballot position are NOT OFFICAL until the Secretary of State determines the requisite signatures have been obtained and issues a certificate of ballot position. Once an initiative petition is certified for ballot position, total currently valid may exceed the official totals at time of certification. For status on ballot position, see Status Table below.
 
To find out the signature threshold required in each Congressional District for review and ballot position, the current number of verified signatures in each Congressional District by county, and how many Congressional Districts may have met or exceeded signature thresholds, click the link above titled "View by District by County".

Status: Defeated
Approval Date: 04/19/2019 
Undue Burden:  
Made Review: 10/11/2019 
Attorney General: 10/11/2019 
Sent to Supreme Court: 11/12/2019 
Supreme Court Ruling: Constitutional  
SC Ruling Date: 02/20/2020 
Financial Impact Statement Date: 12/13/2019 
SC Approval of Financial Impact Statement:  
Made Ballot: 01/31/2020 
Ballot Number: 4  
Election Date: 11/03/2020 
 Votes For: 4,853,402   
 Votes Against: 5,356,792   




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