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Florida Voter Eligibility Amendment (October 1894)
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| Topic Suffrage |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Voter Eligibility Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on October 2, 1894.
A “yes” vote supported amending provisions regarding voter eligibility. |
A “no” vote opposed amending provisions regarding voter eligibility. |
Election results
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Florida Voter Eligibility Amendment |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| No | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Text of measure
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 1, of Article VI, of the Constitution, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. Every male person of the age of twenty-one years and upwards that shall, at the time of registration, be a citizen of the United States, and that shall have resided and had his habitation, domicile, home and place of permanent abode in Florida for one year and in the county for six months, shall in such county be deemed a qualified elector at all elections under this Constitution. Naturalized citizens of the United States at the time of and before registration shall produce to the registration officer his certificate of naturalization or a duly certified copy thereof. Section 7, of Article VI, of the Constitution, is hereby repealed.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.
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Footnotes
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State of Florida Tallahassee (capital) |
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