Florida Amendment 10, Number of Judicial Circuits Amendment (1964)

Florida Amendment 10
Election date November 3, 1964
Topic State judiciary structure
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Amendment 10 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 3, 1964. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported increasing the number of judicial circuits.

A “no” vote opposed increasing the number of judicial circuits.

Election results

Florida Amendment 10
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		499,658	62.36%
No		301,562	37.64%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 10 was as follows:

“

NO. 10—CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 6, SUB-SECTION (1) Increasing number of Judicial Circuits—Proposing an amendment to Article IV, Section 6, Sub-Section (1) of the Florida Constitution increasing the number of judicial circuits to not more than 20 and providing that there shall be no reduction in the number of circuit judges residing in any county formerly a part of a judicial circuit, hereafter created, divided, changed or revised.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

Section 6. Circuit Courts. (1) Judicial Circuits. The legislature may establish not more than twenty (20) judicial circuits, each composed of a county or contiguous counties and of not less than fifty thousand (50,000) inhabitants, according to the last census authorized by law, except that the county of Monroe shall constitute one of the circuits; provided, however, there shall be no reduction in the number of circuit judges residing in any county formerly a part of a judicial circuit, which circuit is hereafter created, divided, changed or revised.

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

1964 Measures

• 1964 Measures
• State judiciary structure on the ballot
• 1964 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"
• Ocala Star-Banner, "Automatic Voting Machine Sample Ballot, General Election, November 3, 1964, Marion County, Florida," October 26, 1964