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Florida Amendment 4, Speech and Debate of Legislators Amendment (1984)
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The Florida Speech or Debate Privilege Amendment, also known as Amendment 4, was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida which was defeated on the ballot on November 6, 1984.
This amendment sought to modify Article III of the Florida Constitution to declare that legislators' speech relating to legislative duties is privileged.[1]
Election results
| Florida Amendment 4 (1988) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 2,216,910 | 66.62% | ||
| Yes | 1,110,743 | 33.38% | ||
Election results via: Florida Elections Division
Text of measure
The language that appeared on the ballot:
| “ | Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to provide that legislators' speech or debate relating to legislative duties is privileged and that legislators shall not be questioned in any other place with respect thereto.[2][3] | ” |
See also
External links
- Text of the measure
- 1984 Florida General Election Results
- Florida Amendments of the Election of 11-6-84
- 1984 General Election Sample Ballot (dead link) (From Citrus County)
Footnotes
- ↑ Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Amendments, Election of 11-6-84"
- ↑ Florida Secretary of State, Division of Elections, "Initiative Information"
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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