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Florida Parole Commission Amendment (1940)
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| Topic Administrative organization and Corrections governance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Parole Commission Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 5, 1940. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing for the creation of a Parole Commission. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing for the creation of a Parole Commission. |
Election results
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Florida Parole Commission Amendment |
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97,696 | 57.45% | ||
| No | 72,364 | 42.55% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Parole Commission Amendment was as follows:
| “ | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE XVI To amend Article 16, Florida Constitution, to authorize the Legislature to create a Parole Commission empowered to grant paroles or conditional releases or probations under official supervision to prisoners or persons charged with criminal offenses and to provide for the qualifications, method of selection and term of office of the Commission members. FOR THE AMENDMENT AGAINST THE AMENDMENT | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 32. The Legislature may create a Parole Commission empowered to grant paroles or conditional releases or probation under official supervision to prisoners or persons charged with criminal offenses, and may provide for the qualification and method of selecting the Commission members and for their term of office the length of which shall be wholly within the discretion of the Legislature. |
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 Independent, "Sample Ballot For Election Nov. 5," November 4, 1940]
Footnotes
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State of Florida Tallahassee (capital) |
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