Florida Additional Circuit Court Judges Amendment (1922)

Florida Additional Circuit Court Judges Amendment
Election date November 7, 1922
Topic State judiciary
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Additional Circuit Court Judges Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 7, 1922. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported allowing the Legislature to appoint additional circuit court judges in circuits with a population over 75,000 people.

A “no” vote opposed allowing the Legislature to appoint additional circuit court judges in circuits with a population over 75,000 people.

Election results

Florida Additional Circuit Court Judges Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		21,361	65.56%
No		11,222	34.44%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Additional Circuit Court Judges Amendment was as follows:

“

Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Article V relative to the Judiciary Department, authorizing the Legislature to provide for the appointment of one or more additional Circuit Judges in Judicial Circuits having more than Seventy-five Thousand population.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

Section 43. The Legislature may from time to time and as the business of any circuit requires, provide for the appointment of one or more additional Circuit Judges for such Circuit. Each such additional Circuit Judge shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, and hold office for six years, and shall receive the same salary and allowances for expenses as other Circuit Judges. He shall have all the powers and perform all the duties that are or may be provided or prescribed by the Constitution or by statute for Circuit Judges, and all statutes concerning Circuit Judges shall apply to him. Wherever there are two or more Circuit Judges appointed for a Circuit the business may be divided among the Circuit Judges having jurisdiction in the Circuit and in any County in the Circuit as may be prescribed by law, and where no provision has been made by law, the distribution of the business of the Circuit between the Circuit Judges of the Circuit, and of any County in the Circuit, and the allotment or assignment of matters and cases to be heard, decided, ordered, tried, decreed or adjudged, shall be controlled or made when necessary by the Circuit Judge holding the commission earliest in date. No additional Circuit Judge or Judges shall be authorized to be appointed in a Circuit having less than 75,000 inhabitants by the last Federal or State census occurring next before the passage of the law for his or their appointment. The Legislature may repeal any law providing for the appointment of an additional Circuit Judge, or additional Circuit Judges for a Circuit, but such repeal shall not affect the term, salary and jurisdiction of a Judge holding an appointment.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Florida Constitution

A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.

See also

1922 Measures

• 1922 Measures
• State judiciary on the ballot
• 1922 legislative sessions

Florida

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• Florida ballot measure laws

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External links

• Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
• The Tampa Morning Tribune, "Constitutional Amendments Holding Prime Interest in General Election Tuesday," November 4, 1922