Florida Amendment 3, 60% Majority Requirement for Constitutional Amendments Amendment (2006)
Florida Amendment 3 | |
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Election date |
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Topic Constitutional language and Supermajority requirements |
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Status |
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Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 7, 2006. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported requiring a 60% vote for voters to approve constitutional amendments. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring a 60% vote for voters to approve constitutional amendments. |
Election results
Florida Amendment 3 |
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Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
2,600,969 | 57.78% | |||
No | 1,900,359 | 42.22% |
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:
“ | Proposes an amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution to require that any proposed amendment to or revision of the State Constitution, whether proposed by the Legislature, by initiative, or by any other method, must be approved by at least 60 percent of the voters of the state voting on the measure, rather than by a simple majority. This proposed amendment would not change the current requirement that a proposed constitutional amendment imposing a new state tax or fee be approved by at least 2/3 of the voters of the state voting in the election in which such an amendment is considered. | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
“ | Proposes an amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution to require that any proposed amendment to or revision of the State Constitution, whether proposed by the Legislature, by initiative, or by any other method, must be approved by at least 60 percent of the voters of the state voting on the measure, rather than by a simple majority. This proposed amendment would not change the current requirement that a proposed constitutional amendment imposing a new state tax or fee be approved by at least 2/3 of the voters of the state voting in the election in which such an amendment is considered. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
The text of the amendment read:
SECTION5.Amendment or revision election.— |
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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