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Florida Supermajority Repeal Amendment (2018)
| Florida Supermajority Repeal Amendment | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Supermajority requirements | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Florida Supermajority Repeal Amendment (#16-01) was not on the ballot in Florida as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
The measure was designed to repeal the Supermajority Requirement Amendment of 2006, which would change the minimum threshold for approving a proposed constitutional amendment from 60% to 50% + 1.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[2]
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FLORIDA UNITED FOR MAJORITY RULE: REPEAL "SUPERMAJORITY REQUIREMENT AMENDMENT"[3] |
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Ballot summary
The ballot summary was as follows:[2]
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This Section will repeal the Supermajority Requirement Amendment of 2006 in the Florida Constitution which increased the pass threshold to approve a proposed constitutional amendment from 50% + 1 to 60%. Approval of this Section by the electorate will re-establish 50%+1 as the threshold for a ballot initiative to pass.[3] |
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Support
Supporters
Florida Organization of Reform (F.O.R.) sponsored the amendment.[2]
Path to the ballot
In Florida, signature requirements for qualifying an initiative for the ballot are based on the total number of votes cast during the most recent presidential election. Sponsors must collect a number equal to 8 percent of this total and in accordance with certain distribution requirements. Signatures can remain valid up to two years after the date they were signed, but they must be verified by February 1 of the targeted year, and therefore must be submitted prior to that date.
2018
- The amendment was approved by the Florida Division of Elections on February 24, 2016.[1]
- Supporters filed for undue burden on June 20, 2016.[1]
- Supporters needed to submit 766,200 valid signatures by February 1, 2018, in order to qualify the measure for the ballot.
State profile
| Demographic data for Florida | ||
|---|---|---|
| Florida | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 20,244,914 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 53,625 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 76% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 16.1% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 2.6% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 2.4% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 23.7% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 86.9% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 27.3% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $47,507 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 19.8% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Florida. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Florida
Florida voted Republican in five out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, four are located in Florida, accounting for 1.94 percent of the total pivot counties.[4]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Florida had three Retained Pivot Counties and one Boomerang Pivot County, accounting for 1.66 and 4.00 percent of all Retained and Boomerang Pivot Counties, respsectively.
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Related measures
- Florida Amendment 3, Supermajority Vote Required to Approve a Constitutional Amendment (2006)
- The initiative effort was closed on February 16, 2017, according to the Florida Division of Elections as of November 6, 2017.[5]
See also
- 2018 ballot measures
- Florida 2018 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Florida
- Supermajority requirements on the ballot
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Florida Division of Elections, "Florida United for Majority Rule: Repeal 'Supermajority Requirement Amendment' 16-01," accessed December 1, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Florida Division of Elections, "Constitutional Amendment Petition Form," accessed December 1, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
- ↑ /initiatives/ Florida Division of Elections, "Initiatives, Amendments, and Revisions," accessed November 6, 2017
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