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Florida Amendment 8, State Executive Officers and Cabinet Amendment (1998)
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| Topic State executive branch structure |
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| Type Commission-referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a commission-referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 3, 1998. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported amending the roles of executive officers and changing what roles were included in the state cabinet. |
A “no” vote opposed amending the roles of executive officers and changing what roles were included in the state cabinet. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 8 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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1,950,311 | 55.52% | ||
| No | 1,562,234 | 44.48% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:
| “ | Merges cabinet offices of treasurer and comptroller into one chief financial officer; reduces cabinet membership to chief financial officer, attorney general, agriculture commissioner; secretary of state and education commissioner eliminated from elected cabinet; secretary of state duties defined by law; changes composition of state board of education from governor and cabinet to board appointed by governor; board appoints education commissioner; defines state board of administration, trustees of internal improvement trust fund, land acquisition trust fund. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The Florida Constitution Revision Commission referred the measure to the ballot.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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State of Florida Tallahassee (capital) |
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