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Florida Legislative Districts and Representatives Amendment (1922)
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| Topic Redistricting policy and State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Legislative Districts and Representatives Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 7, 1922. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported providing for 38 senatorial districts and a system for representatives based on county population. |
A “no” vote opposed providing for 38 senatorial districts and a system for representatives based on county population. |
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 14,369 | 42.09% | ||
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19,771 | 57.91% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Legislative Districts and Representatives Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Section 3 of Article VII, relating to number of members of the Senate and House of Representatives, providing for thirty-eight members of the Senate and that Counties having One Hundred Thousand or more population shall have four Representatives each; Counties having Thirty Thousand and not more than One Hundred Thousand population shall have three Representatives each; Counties have Ten Thousand Five Hundred and not more than Thirty Thousand population shall have two Representatives each, and all Counties having less than Ten Thousand Five Hundred population shall have one Representative each. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 3. The Legislature that shall meet A. D. 1923, and those that shall meet every ten years thereafter, shall apportion the representation in the Senate, the whole number of Senators not to exceed 38 members; and at the same time shall also apportion the representation in the House of Representatives. The counties having one hundred thousand or more population shall have four Representatives each; the counties having thirty thousand and not more than one hundred thousand population shall have three Representatives each; the counties having ten thousand five hundred and not more than thirty thousand population shall have two representatives each. All counties having less than ten thousand five hundred population shall have one Representative each. The basis of apportionment, as provided for in this amendment, shall be the Federal Census next preceding the apportionment made by the Legislature. Every County shall have at least one Representative. The Governor shall, by special message to each House at the appropriate session of the Legislature, direct the attention of each House to the provisions of this amendment, and if the Legislature that shall meet A. D. 1923, or any succeeding Legislature that shall meet every ten years thereafter, shall refuse or fail to apportion the representation in the Senate and in the House of Representatives as herein provided, it shall be the duty of the Governor to convene the Legislature in Special Session for the purpose of making such apportionment, and by public proclamation and by communication to each House to direct the attention of each House to the provisions of this amendment. That any and all provisions of the Constitution in conflict with this provision be and the same are hereby repealed. |
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"
- The Tampa Morning Tribune, "Constitutional Amendments Holding Prime Interest in General Election Tuesday," November 4, 1922
Footnotes
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