Florida Amendment 2, State Census Amendment (1950)
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| Topic Administration of government and Census policy |
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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 7, 1950. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported using the federal census as the state census. |
A “no” vote opposed using the federal census as the state census. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 2 |
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96,145 | 65.86% | ||
| No | 49,848 | 34.14% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:
| “ | No. 2 To amend Article VII, Section 5 of the State Constitution to provide that a state census will no longer be required to be taken and, beginning with federal census of 1950, adopting the preceding decennial federal census as the state census. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 5. The Legislature shall no longer be required to provide for an enumeration of the inhabitants of the State. The last preceding decennial Federal census beginning with the Federal census of 1950 shall also be the State census and shall control in all population Acts and constitutional apportionments, unless otherwise ordered by the Legislature. |
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
External links
- Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune, "Automatic Voting Machine Sample Ballot 1950," November 6, 1950
Footnotes
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