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Six ballot propositions were on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Florida. Of the six, one was an initiative, one was a legislative referral and four were commission referrals.
Key facts
- 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.
National overview
November 2008 ballot
| Type
| Title
| Subject
| Description
| Outcome
|
| LR | Amendment 1 | Immigration | Delete provisions authorizing Legislature to regulate or prohibit real estate transactions of aliens ineligible for citizenship |
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| CICA | Amendment 2 | Marriage | Define marriage as the union of one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union is valid or recognized |
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| CR | Amendment 3 | Taxes | Exclude certain improvements from being considered in property value assessment for ad valorem taxation purposes |
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| CR | Amendment 4 | Taxes | Provide property tax exemption for perpetually conserved land. |
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| CR | Amendment 6 | Taxes | Bases tax assessment of waterfront property on current use. |
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| CR | Amendment 8 | Taxes | Authorizes counties to levy local option sales taxes for community colleges, subject to voter approval. |
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Removed from November ballot
| 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
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| CR | Amendment 7 | Eliminates the ban in Florida's constitution against sending state tax money to religious institutions. | Removed
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| CR | Amendment 9 | Requires that at least 65% of school funds be spent on classroom instruction. | Removed
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January 29, 2008 ballot
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References
- ↑ Florida Election Results