Amendment 6 - Repeal of Public Financing for Statewide Campaigns Amendment

Summary

Repeals the amendment which requires the availability of public financing for campaigns of candidates for elective statewide office who agree to campaign spending limits.

A "yes" vote supports the repeal of public campaign financing for statewide candidates who agree to spending limits.

A "no" vote opposes the repeal of public campaign financing for statewide candidates who agree to spending limits.

Arguments

"Public financing encourages a more diverse pool of candidates to participate in elections." - Marcus McCoy, pastor of Orlando's Greater Refuge Memorial Church, in opposition to Amendment 6 (Learn more)

"I think it's absurd that anybody would be able to use taxpayer dollars for the purposes of campaigning. So those are dollars we could spend on things like education, things like healthcare, water projects, beach restoration, all of that stuff." - Sen. Travis Hutson (R), in support of Amendment 6 (Learn more)

"Without access to public funds, only the wealthy and the well-connected would be able to afford to run." - Libby Livette, League Of Women Voters, in opposition to Amendment 6 (Learn more)

"Total public financing financing expenditures in the last four general election cycles for the governor's race and three Cabinet members races are as follows: roughly $13 million in 2022, just over $10 million in 2018, just over 4.3 million in 2014 and roughly $6 million in 2010, this is being funded out of our General Revenue dollars and I'd like to put it to the voters of Florida to see if they'd like to repeal that to find a better use for our taxpayer dollars." - Sen. Travis Hutson (R), in support of Amendment 6 (Learn more)

Measure Details