Florida 1998 ballot measures

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In 1998, voters decided on thirteen statewide ballot measures in Florida on November 3.

• Nine were commission-referred ballot measure.
• Four were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Voters approved twelve (92.31%) and rejected one (7.69%).

On the ballot

November 3, 1998

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CRCA	Amendment 10	Establish and expand tax exemptions for municipal and local property and remove limitations on the citizens' ability to communicate with local officials about subjects of public hearings		1,754,747 (50%)	1,766,490 (50%)
CRCA	Amendment 11	Make school board elections nonpartisan; allow candidates for governor to run in primary elections without a lieutenant governor; provide that ballot access requirements for minor party candidates cannot be greater than requirements for major party candidates; provide public campaign financing for statewide candidates who agree to campaign spending limits; and allow any voter to vote in any party's primary election if the winner will have no general election opponent	a	2,239,607 (64%)	1,253,150 (36%)
CRCA	Amendment 12	Give counties the option to require a criminal background check and a waiting period of three to five days before the sale of a firearm	a	2,655,010 (72%)	1,033,020 (28%)
CRCA	Amendment 13	Make various miscellaneous and technical changes to the state constitution	a	1,869,111 (55%)	1,530,883 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 1	Amend the requirements for receiving a historic property granted ad valorem tax exemption	a	1,970,419 (54%)	1,646,069 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Preserve the death penalty as a form of punishment in Florida and align execution methods with the federal Constitution	a	2,676,043 (73%)	1,002,043 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Allow counties and municipalities to provide an additional homestead tax exemption to low-income seniors	a	2,560,979 (68%)	1,180,341 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Allow documents filed at a county branch office to be considered officially filed	a	2,540,872 (74%)	887,999 (26%)
CRCA	Amendment 5	Create provisions for the conservation of natural resources and establish the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission	a	2,630,674 (72%)	1,007,905 (28%)
CRCA	Amendment 6	Establish the education of children as a fundamental value of the people of Florida and require the state to provide an efficient, safe, secure, and high quality education system	a	2,623,889 (71%)	1,069,406 (29%)
CRCA	Amendment 7	Establish local elections to determine if circuit and county judges should be elected or appointed and provide the procedures for the decided upon systems	a	2,028,165 (57%)	1,536,523 (43%)
CRCA	Amendment 8	Amend the roles of executive officers and change what roles were included in the state cabinet	a	1,950,311 (56%)	1,562,234 (44%)
CRCA	Amendment 9	Establish that "female and male alike" are equal before the law and have inalienable rights and establish bases on which the rights cannot be denied	a	2,416,324 (66%)	1,230,683 (34%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in Florida
• List of Florida ballot measures
• 1998 ballot measures

External links

• Florida Division of Elections, "Initiatives / Amendments / Revisions Database"