Measure on the ballot in the 2020 Florida General Election in Florida.
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Get StartedThis amendment would require all proposed amendments or revisions to the state constitution to be approved by the voters in two elections, instead of one, in order to take effect. Currently in Florida, if voters approve an amendment at one general election, it becomes part of the state constitution. Constitutional amendments require a 60% supermajority vote to become effective. This proposal would apply the current 60% threshold for passage in each of the two elections.
A "YES" vote on amendment 4 is a vote in support of requiring all proposed amendments or revisions to the state constitution to be approved by the voters in two elections, instead of one, in order to take effect.
A "NO" vote on amendment 4 is a vote in opposition to requiring all proposed amendments or revisions to the state constitution to be approved by the voters in two elections, instead of one, in order to take effect.
"By doing pass-it-twice, we think we can reduce the amount of ... whimsical constitutional amendments. \[In Florida], there have been more than 140 constitutional amendments \[since the 1960s]. The United States Constitution, which has been around since the 1700s, has been amended 27 times.", in support of No. 4 Constitutional Amendment Article XI, Sections 5 and 7 (Learn more)
"We cannot let our guard down and allow the powerful to indulge their worst tendencies to grab all the control for themselves. Florida voters should see Number 4 for what it is, a shameless effort to take away the people’s control over what goes into our constitution. We simply cannot give up our most effective tool for change." , in opposition to No. 4 Constitutional Amendment Article XI, Sections 5 and 7 (Learn more)
SECTION 5. Amendment or revision election.— (a) A proposed amendment to or revision of this constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the electors at the next general election held more than ninety days after the joint resolution or report of revision commission, constitutional convention or taxation and budget reform commission proposing it is filed with the custodian of state records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the membership of each house of the legislature and limited to a single amendment or revision, it is submitted at an earlier special election held more than ninety days after such filing. If the proposed amendment or revision is approved as provided in subsection (e), it shall be submitted to the electors a second time at the next general election occurring at least ten weeks after the election in which the proposed amendment or revision is initially approved. (b) A proposed amendment or revision of this constitution, or any part of it, by initiative shall be submitted to the electors at the general election provided the initiative petition is filed with the custodian of state records no later than February 1 of the year in which the general election is held. If the proposed amendment or revision is approved as provided in subsection (e), it shall be submitted to the electors a second time at the next general election. (c) The legislature shall provide by general law, prior to the holding of an election pursuant to this section, for the provision of a statement to the public regarding the probable financial impact of any amendment proposed by initiative pursuant to section 3.
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