Florida Terms of County Officers Amendment (1904)

Florida Terms of County Officers Amendment
Election date November 8, 1904
Topic Local government officials and elections
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Terms of County Officers Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 8, 1904. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported increasing the terms for certain county officers.

A “no” vote opposed increasing the terms for certain county officers.

Election results

Florida Terms of County Officers Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		4,983	46.25%
No		5,791	53.75%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Terms of County Officers Amendment was as follows:

“

Article VIII, Section 6.—Increasing terms of office for certain county officers.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

Section 6. The Legislature shall provide for the election by the qualified electors of each county of the following county officers: A clerk of the circuit court, a sheriff, constable, a county assessor of taxes, a county tax collector, a county treasurer, a superintendent of public instruction and a county surveyor. The term of office of all county officers mentioned in this section shall be four years, except, that the term of office of the county assessor of taxes, county tax collector and county treasurer, shall be for two years, until the general election in November, 1906, at which election they also shall be elected for terms of four years each, and thenceforth all county officers named in this section shall be elected for terms of four years. Their powers, duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law.

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

1904 Measures

• 1904 Measures
• Local government officials and elections on the ballot
• 1904 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
• Tampa Morning Tribune, "DUMMY BALLOT," November 5, 1904