Florida Amendment 1, Appointment of a Statewide Prosecutor Amendment (1986)
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| Topic State executive official measures and State judiciary |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 4, 1986. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing the attorney general to appoint a statewide prosecutor to try multi-circuit violations of the criminal laws. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing the attorney general to appoint a statewide prosecutor to try multi-circuit violations of the criminal laws. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 1 |
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2,168,701 | 72.78% | ||
| No | 811,122 | 27.22% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | Proposes to grant to the Attorney General authority to appoint a statewide prosecutor having concurrent jurisdiction with the state attorneys to prosecute multicircuit violations of the criminal laws of the state. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
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.
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Footnotes
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