Florida Amendment 2, Legislatively Referred Constitutional Amendments Amendment (1942)

Florida Amendment 2
Election date November 3, 1942
Topic Ballot measure process and State legislative vote requirements
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 3, 1942. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported allowing legislatively referred constitutional amendments to be placed on the ballot with a three-fourths vote of both houses.

A “no” vote opposed allowing legislatively referred constitutional amendments to be placed on the ballot with a three-fourths vote of both houses.

Election results

Florida Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		47,490	73.42%
No		17,189	26.58%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

Question 2 Constitutional Amendment Article XVII To amend Article XVII of the Florida Constitution by adding Section 3 providing that proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution may be submitted to the electorate by a regular, special or extra session of the Legislature, by a three-fourths vote of all members elected to each House and providing for the calling of a special election within ninety days to act on such proposal.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

Section 3. If at any regular or special or extra session, the Legislature, by vote of three-fourths of all members elected to each House, shall determine that an emergency requiring an early decision by the electors of the State exists, an Amendment to this Constitution dealing with the subject matter of such emergency may be proposed, and if the proposed Amendment be agreed to by a three-fourths vote of all the members elected to each House, the same shall be entered upon their respective journals with the yeas and nays thereon. Thereupon, at the same session, the Legislature shall provide for a special election to be held not less than ninety nor more than one hundred eighty days after adjournment and for publication of notice thereof, at which special election the proposed Amendment shall be submitted to the electors of the State for approval or rejection; provided, that if a general election of Representatives is to occur within said period, such Amendment shall be submitted to the electors at such general election. If a majority of the electors voting upon the proposed Amendment shall adopt the Amendment, the same shall become a part of this Constitution. This Amendment shall not be held to supersede or in anywise affect any existing provision of the Constitution relating to Amendments, but shall be regarded as an additional method of Amendment thereto.

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

1942 Measures

• 1942 Measures
• Ballot measure process on the ballot
• State legislative vote requirements on the ballot
• 1942 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
• The Miami Herald, "These Are the Nine Amendments Upon Which Voters Will Act In General Election On Tuesday," November 1, 1942