Florida Amendment 6, Repeal of the High Speed Ground Transportation System Initiative (2004)

Florida Amendment 6
Election date November 2, 2004
Topic Railways
Status Approved
Type Initiated constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

Florida Amendment 6 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Florida on November 2, 2004. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported repealing the constitutional provisions that requires the state to develop and operate a high speed ground transportation system.

A “no” vote opposed repealing the constitutional provisions that requires the state to develop and operate a high speed ground transportation system.

Election results

Florida Amendment 6
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		4,519,423	63.72%
No		2,573,280	36.28%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:

“

This amendment repeals an amendment in the Florida Constitution that requires the Legislature, the Cabinet and the Governor to proceed with the development and operation of a high speed ground transportation system by the state and/or by a private entity.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

The text of the amendment read:

	Article X, Section 19, Florida Constitution, is hereby repealed in its entirety.

Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Florida

The ballot measure was an initiated constitutional amendment. Proponents collected signatures to place the initiative on the ballot.

See also

2004 Measures

• 2004 Measures
• Railways on the ballot
• 2004 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"