Florida 2008 ballot measures

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Seven ballot measures were on the 2008 ballot in Florida.

One measure appeared on the January 29 ballot, while six were on the ballot on November 4.
One was an initiative, two were legislative referral and four were commission referrals.
A total of five measures were approved, while two were defeated.

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January 29

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Provides portability to the Save Our Homes property tax cap	a

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Immigration	Deletes provisions authorizing Legislature to regulate or prohibit real estate transactions of aliens ineligible for citizenship	d
CICA	Amendment 2	Marriage	Definse marriage as the union of one man and one woman, husband and wife, no other union is valid or recognized	a
CR	Amendment 3	Taxes	Excludes certain improvements from being considered in property value assessment for taxation purposes	a
CR	Amendment 4	Taxes	Provides property tax exemptions for lands that fall under conservation laws	a
CR	Amendment 6	Taxes	Bases tax assessment of waterfront property on current use	a
CR	Amendment 8	Taxes	Authorizes counties to levy local option sales taxes for community college funding, subject to voter approval.	d

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CR	Amendment 5	Taxes	Cut property taxes by average 25%, eliminate property taxes that school districts are required to levy in order to get state aid	Removed
CR	Amendment 7	Taxes	Eliminates the ban in Florida's constitution against sending state tax money to religious institutions.	Removed
CR	Amendment 9	Education	Requires that at least 65% of school funds be spent on classroom instruction.	Removed

Through 2008, there were 24 initiatives on the ballot since the process began in 1978, in addition to legislatively-referred ballot measures.
Of those 24, 20 were approved by voters.
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.

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