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Florida Amendment 4, Supreme Court Advisory Opinions on Initiatives Amendment (1986)
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| Topic Initiative and referendum process and State judiciary |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 4, 1986. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing the Attorney General, as provided by law, to request the Supreme Court issue an expeditious advisory opinion on the validity of ballot initiatives and requiring the Supreme Court to issue such opinion. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing the Attorney General, as provided by law, to request the Supreme Court issue an expeditious advisory opinion on the validity of ballot initiatives and requiring the Supreme Court to issue such opinion. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 4 |
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1,988,841 | 72.36% | ||
| No | 759,691 | 27.64% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:
| “ | Provides that the Attorney General shall, as directed by general law, request the Supreme Court to render an expeditious advisory opinion as to the validity of an initiative petition which proposes an amendment to the State Constitution, and requires the Supreme Court to issue an advisory opinion upon request of the Attorney General, and by rule to permit interested persons to be heard on the questions presented by the Attorney General. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
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.
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Footnotes
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