Florida 2008 ballot measures

Six ballot propositions will be on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Florida. Of the six, one is an initiative, one is a legislative referral and four are commission referrals.

Key facts

Through 2006, there have been 23 initiatives on the ballot since the process began in 1978, in addition to legislatively-referred ballot measures.
Of those 23, 19 passed.
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.

Type	Title	Description	Status
LR	Amendment 1	Delete from state constitution the provisions authorizing the Legislature to regulate or prohibit the ownership, inheritance, disposition, and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for citizenship	Defeated
CICA	Amendment 2	Define marriage as the union of one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union is valid or recognized	Approved
CR	Amendment 3	Exclude certain improvements from being considered in property value assessment for ad valorem taxation purposes	Approved
CR	Amendment 4	Provide property tax exemption for perpetually conserved land.	Approved
CR	Amendment 6	Bases tax assessment of waterfront property on current use.	Approved
CR	Amendment 8	Authorizes counties to levy local option sales taxes for community colleges, subject to voter approval.	Defeated

Type	Title	Description	Status
CR	Amendment 5	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	Eliminates the ban in Florida's constitution against sending state tax money to religious institutions.	Removed
CR	Amendment 9	Requires that at least 65% of school funds be spent on classroom instruction.	Removed