Florida Amendment 1, Suspension or Delay of Elections for Emergencies Amendment (1992)

Florida Amendment 1
Election date November 3, 1992
Topic Election administration and governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 3, 1992. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported allowing for the suspension or delay of an election if there is a state of emergency or impending state of emergency.

A “no” vote opposed allowing for the suspension or delay of an election if there is a state of emergency or impending state of emergency.

Election results

Florida Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		3,369,434	71.59%
No		1,337,289	28.41%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

Proposing an amendment to Section 5 of ArticleVI of the State Constitution to allow for suspension or delay of the general election due to a state of emergency or impending emergency pursuant to general law

”

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

1992 Measures

• 1992 Measures
• Election administration and governance on the ballot
• 1992 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Florida Division of Elections, "Initiatives / Amendments / Revisions Database"