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Florida Amendment 4, also the Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative, is an amendment to the constitution of the U.S. state of Florida passed by ballot initiative on November 6, 2018, as part of the 2018 Florida elections.
Florida Amendment 4 [1] was a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution, which failed on November 5, 2024. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Through a statewide referendum , the amendment achieved 57% support among voters in the U.S. state of Florida , short of the 60% supermajority required by law.
One of the requirements for Florida to become a state and join the Union was that its constitution must be approved by the United States Congress.In order to fulfill that requirement, an act was passed by the Florida Territorial Council in 1838, approved by Governor Richard Keith Call, calling for the election of delegates in October 1838 to a convention to be held at St. Joseph, Florida.
Amendment 2 establishes a state constitutional right to hunt and fish. If approved by voters, Florida would join around two dozen other states that already have that right in place, including ...
The first 10 came right away in the Bill of Rights, two more prior to 1804 and three right after the Civil War. Only six amendments have been adopted in the past 100 years, and one of those was to ...
We endorse Amendment 4, to establish in the Florida Constitution a woman's right to make her own decisions on reproductive healthcare.
Women's suffrage car in a parade in Orlando, Florida in 1913. After Chamberlain left, women's suffrage mainly remained dormant in Florida until around 1912. [5] One exception was a petition to the United States Congress for a federal women's suffrage amendment that was circulated by John Schnarr of Orlando in 1907.
A constitutional amendment generally modifying the Florida Constitution [110] Passed [109] 645,233 (55.42%) 518,940 (44.58%) Amendment 2 A constitutional amendment modifying the Constitution's language relating to voting rights [110] Passed [109] 625,980 (55.71%) 497,752 (44.29%) Amendment 3 A constitutional amendment relating to counties and ...