Florida Amendment 6, Taylor County Superintendent of Public Instruction Amendment (1964)

Florida Amendment 6
Election date November 3, 1964
Topic Higher education governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Amendment 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 3, 1964. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported establishing that the Superintendent of Public Instruction for Taylor County be appointed by the County Board of Public Instruction.

A “no” vote opposed establishing that the Superintendent of Public Instruction for Taylor County be appointed by the County Board of Public Instruction.

Election results

Florida Amendment 6
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		494,480	61.95%
No		303,659	38.05%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:

“

NO. 6—CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XII Appointment or election of County School Superintendent, Taylor Count—Proposing an amendment to Article XII of the Constitution providing that the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Taylor County shall be appointed by the County Board of Public Instruction, provided the proposition is affirmed by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the county and that the county may after four years return to its former status by the same procedure outlined for adopting it.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

Section __. County Superintendent of Public Instruction; Appointment in Certain Counties. (1) The county superintendent of public instruction shall be appointed by the county board of public instruction in Taylor county, providing the proposition is affirmed by a majority vote of the qualified electors of Taylor county making the office of county superintendent of public instruction appointive. (2) To submit the proposition contained in subsection (1) to the electors a special election shall be called by the county commissioners of Taylor county upon the request of the county board of public instruction, which election shall be held within sixty (60) days after the request and the result thereof shall determine whether subsection (1) shall be effective in said county. (3) Should the county adopt the provisions of subsection (1) hereof it may, after four (4) years return to its former status and reject the provisions of this section by the same procedure outlined in subsection (2) hereof for adopting the provisions thereof in the beginning. (4) In the event a referendum election results in a change in the method of selecting a county superintendent, the incumbent shall be permitted to serve the remainder of the term of office to which he was duly elected or appointed.

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

1964 Measures

• 1964 Measures
• Higher education governance on the ballot
• 1964 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"
• Ocala Star-Banner, "Automatic Voting Machine Sample Ballot, General Election, November 3, 1964, Marion County, Florida," October 26, 1964