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Florida Amendment 1, Impeachment of County Court Judges Amendment (1988)

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Florida Amendment 1

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Election date

November 8, 1988

Topic
Impeachment rules and State judiciary
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Florida Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 8, 1988. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported providing for the impeachment of county court judges by the Legislature.

A “no” vote opposed providing for the impeachment of county court judges by the Legislature.


Election results

Florida Amendment 1

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

2,840,296 72.34%
No 1,085,751 27.66%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to provide that county court judges shall be subject to impeachment by the Legislature and thereby removing present authority of Governor to suspend county court judges.

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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