Florida Amending the State Constitution Amendment (1906)
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| Topic Constitutional language and State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amending the State Constitution Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 6, 1906.
A “yes” vote supported revising the process for amending the state constitution. |
A “no” vote opposed revising the process for amending the state constitution. |
Election results
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Florida Amending the State Constitution Amendment |
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| Yes | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| No | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amending the State Constitution Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Constitutional Amendment Article 17—Proceedings necessary to amend Constitution. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 1. Either branch of the Legislature, at a regular session thereof, may propose amendments to this Constitution; and if the same be agreed to by three-fifths of all the members elected to each house, such proposed amendments shall be entered upon their respective Journals with the yeas and nays and shall be published in one newspaper in each county where a newspaper is published, for one month immediately preceding the next general election of Representatives, at which election the same shall be submitted to the electors of the State, for approval or rejection. If a majority of the electors voting upon the amendments at such election shall adopt the amendments the same shall become a part of the Constitution. The proposed amendments shall be so submitted as to enable the electors to vote on each amendment separately. All amendments adopted at the election at which this is submitted or heretofore adopted by the electors are hereby declared a part of the Constitution from the date of the adoption of the same. |
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
External links
- Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
- The St. Lucie County Tribune, "GENERAL ELECTION," November 2, 1906
Footnotes
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