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Florida Amendment 2, Access to Government Records and Meetings Amendment (1992)
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| Topic Open meetings and public information |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 3, 1992. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing public access to records and meetings of government entities, with certain exceptions prescribed by the legislature. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing public access to records and meetings of government entities, with certain exceptions prescribed by the legislature. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 2 |
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3,883,637 | 83.04% | ||
| No | 793,232 | 16.96% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution, effective July 1, 1993, to grant public access to records and meetings of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the government, and other governmental entities; to allow the legislature to enact exemptions and rules; continuing existing exemptions until repealed; and to apply existing exemptions relating to records of other governmental entities to judicial and legislative records. | ” |
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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