Florida Amendment 4, Open Legislative Votes and Meetings Amendment (1990)
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| Topic Open meetings and public information and State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 6, 1990. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported providing for the recording of certain legislative votes and open and noticed committee and other legislative meetings. |
A “no” vote opposed providing for the recording of certain legislative votes and open and noticed committee and other legislative meetings. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 4 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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2,795,784 | 87.69% | ||
| No | 392,323 | 12.31% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to provide that certain votes of legislators be recorded; that the Legislature provide by rule for open and noticed committee meetings and for certain other legislative meetings and meetings between the Governor, the President of the Senate, or the Speaker of the House to be reasonably open to the public; and that certain constitutional provisions relating to the Legislature be interpreted, implemented, and enforced solely by the Legislature. | ” |
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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