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Florida's 8th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012, effective January 2013, from the inland central part of Florida to the central Atlantic coast. The district includes Titusville, Melbourne, Cocoa, and Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the 28 U.S. representatives from the state of Florida, one from each of the state's congressional districts.
Representative Ernest Istook, a Republican from Oklahoma's 5th congressional district, proposed the amendment in the House on May 8, 1997. [31] In March 1998, the House Judiciary Committee passed the bill by a 16–11 vote. [32] On June 4, 1998, the full House voted on the amendment, 224–203 in favor.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5. Voters will be faced with 6 constitutional amendment proposals on the ballot.
Which Florida amendments passed that you voted for? Here are the results.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5. Voters will be faced with 6 constitutional amendment proposals on the ballot.
An amendment may be proposed and sent to the states for ratification by either: The U.S. Congress, whenever a two-thirds majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives deem it necessary; or; A national convention, called by Congress for this purpose, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the states (34 since 1959).
Moreover, dozens of other amendments were proposed but defeated in the 27 election cycles since 1968, so having only six going before voters makes this year below average for proposed amendments.