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Florida Amendment 3, Single Subject Initiatives Amendment (1972)
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| Topic Initiative and referendum process |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 7, 1972. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing for single subject constitutional amendments via citizen initiative. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing for single subject constitutional amendments via citizen initiative. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 3 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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1,157,648 | 70.86% | ||
| No | 476,165 | 29.14% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:
| “ | No. 3 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE XI, SECTION 3 Initiative – Proposing an amendment to Article XI, Section 3, of the Florida State Constitution relating to initiative and providing that the revision or amendment of any portion of the Constitution on one subject may be proposed by initiative of the people and providing procedure with respect thereto. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 3. Initiative. The power to propose the revision or amendment of any portion or portions of this constitution by initiative is reserved to the people, provided that, any such revision or amendment shall embrace but one subject and matter directly connected therewith. It may be invoked by filing with the secretary of state a petition containing a copy of the proposed revision or amendment, signed by a number of electors in each of one-half of the congressional districts of the state, and of the state as a whole, equal to eight percent of the votes cast in each of such districts respectively and in the state as a whole in the last preceding election in which presidential electors were chosen. |
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
External links
- Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune, "Automatic Voting Machine Sample Ballot," November 6, 1972
Footnotes
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