Florida 2006 ballot measures

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Six statewide ballot measures were on the November 7, 2006 ballot in Florida.

• All six measures were approved.
• One was an initiated constitutional amendment which secured its spot on the ballot through the collection of signatures on petitions, whereas five were legislatively-referred constitutional amendments, which were placed the ballot by the Florida State Legislature.

On the ballot

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Gov't Finances	Establishes various limits and rules for the planning and budget process	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Supermajority	Requires that any amendment or revision to state constitution be approved by 60% of voters	a
CICA	Amendment 4	Tobacco	Mandates that the state use part of tobacco settlement money for prevention education	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	Increases the maximum additional homestead exemption	a
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes	Provides discount for disabled veterans who lived in Florida when they entered military service	a
LRCA	Amendment 8	Eminent domain	Prohibits private property taken by eminent domain to be given to a private party	a

Not on the ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 2	Term limits	Term limits	Removed from ballot by Florida State Legislature
CICA	Amendment 5	Admin of gov't	Legislative re-districting by an independent commission rather than the state legislature	Removed from ballot by Florida Supreme Court

Key facts

• As of the 2006 election, there had been a total of 28 initiatives on the ballot since the process became available in Florida in 1976, in addition to legislatively-referred ballot measures.

• Floridians passed Amendment 3 in 2006, which requires that for any initiative, legislative referral or commission referral to pass, it must earn the approval of 60% of the state's voters.

• Florida voters have approved a higher percentage of their statewide ballot measures than voters in any other state.

See also

• 2006 ballot measures
• List of Florida ballot measures
• Florida signature requirements
• Laws governing the initiative process in Florida
• Procedures for qualifying an initiative in Florida

External links

• Amendments for 2006 general election
• State of Florida booklet describing the 2006 constitutional amendments
• Voters approve all six constitutional amendments
• Chamber of Commerce Guide to the 2006 Florida Constitutional Amendments

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