Florida Amendment 5, Bay and Washington Counties Senatorial District Amendment (1952)

Florida Amendment 5
Election date November 4, 1952
Topic Redistricting policy
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 4, 1952. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported creating the 40th senatorial district, representing Bay and Washington Counties.

A “no” vote opposed creating the 40th senatorial district, representing Bay and Washington Counties.

Election results

Florida Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		103,672	29.96%
No		242,323	70.04%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

No. 5 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE VII, SECTION 6 Proposing an amendment to Article VII by adding thereto Section 6, providing for the creation of one additional Senatorial District to be known as the Fortieth (40th) Senatorial District and to consist of Bay and Washington Counties and making provision for the election of senators therefrom.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

Section 6. There is hereby created a senatorial district for Bay and Washington Counties to be known as the fortieth (40th) senatorial district. Nothing herein shall disturb the thirty-eight (38) existing senatorial districts, except that Bay and Washington Counties shall no longer be a part of said existing districts. A special election shall be called and held in said fortieth (40th) senatorial district within 75 days after the general election in 1952 to elect a senator from said district. The senator elected from the fortieth (40th) district shall hold office from his election for a term ending on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1956; and thereafter senators elected from said district shall hold office for terms of four years.

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

1952 Measures

• 1952 Measures
• Redistricting policy on the ballot
• 1952 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
• Sarasota Herald-Tribune, "SAMPLE BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION," November 4, 1952