Florida Establishment of Courts Amendment (1898)

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Florida Establishment of Courts Amendment

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Election date

November 8, 1898

Topic
State judiciary
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Florida Establishment of Courts Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 8, 1898. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported limiting the establishment of judicial courts.

A “no” vote opposed limiting the establishment of judicial courts.


Election results

Florida Establishment of Courts Amendment

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

12,061 91.63%
No 1,102 8.37%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Establishment of Courts Amendment was as follows:

For Article 5.

Against Article 5.

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Constitutional changes

Section 35. No courts other than herein specified shall be established in this State, except that the Legislature may clothe any railroad commission with judicial powers in all matters connected with the functions of their office.

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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