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Florida Casino Amendment, Amendment 9 (1978)

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Florida Measure 9 (1978) was an initiated constitutional amendment on the November 7, 1978 ballot in Florida to establish casino gambling. It failed with 28.6% of the vote.^[1]

Election results

Yes: 687,460 (28.6%)
No: 1,720,275 (71.4%) d

Text of measure

Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution; authorizing state regulated, privately owned gambling casinos, but only in a restricted, designated area of eastern Dade County and southern Broward County extending approximately 16 miles north of Government Cut along the oceanfront; providing for the support of free public schools and local law enforcement in the several counties.

Measure 9 was the second citizen-initiated proposed amendment to appear on a Florida statewide ballot.

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↑ Florida Elections Division, "November 7, 1978 General Election", Retrieved January 23, 2013

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