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Florida Amendment 3, Voting in Presidential Elections Amendment (1966)
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| Topic Residency voting requirements |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 8, 1966. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported providing presidential voting rights for residents not yet meeting state qualifications. |
A “no” vote opposed providing presidential voting rights for residents not yet meeting state qualifications. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 3 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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515,212 | 69.04% | ||
| No | 231,088 | 30.96% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:
| “ | NO. 3—CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 1 ELECTORS, Qualifications to vote in Presidential Election. Proposing an amendment to Article VI, Section 1 of the State Constitution, providing that the Legislature may provide for voting in national elections for President and Vice-President of the United States by persons who have become residents of the State, but who have not yet fulfilled residency requirements of electors; removing the requirement that naturalized citizens must present their naturalization certificate when registering. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 1. Electors. Every person of the age of twenty-one (21) years and upward that shall, at the time of registration, be a citizen of the United States, and that shall have resided and had his habitation, domicile, home and place of permanent abode in Florida for one (1) year and in the county for six (6) months, shall in such county be deemed a qualified elector at all elections under this constitution. Provided however, the legislature may provide for voting in national elect ions for president and vice-president of the United States by persons who have become residents of the State of Florida but who have not yet fulfilled the residency requirements of electors. |
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"
- Ocala Star-Banner, "Automatic Voting Machine Sample Ballot, General Election, November 8, 1966, Marion County, Florida," November 1, 1966
Footnotes
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