Thursday, August 19, 2010

Florida Constitution Amendments to be Voted on in November

In addition to elected candidates to public office, there will be several Florida Constitutional Amendments, and Broward County Charter Amendments. At this time, it is not known what all the amendments will be, and some are still being debated.

At this time the following are the Florida Constitutional Amendments, and their present status (a vote of 60% in favor is required for passage):

Amendment #1 - Repeal of Public Campaign Financing requirements (on ballot)

Amendment #2 - Homestead ad valorem tax credit for deployed military personnel (on ballot)

Amendment #3 - Property tax limit for non-homestead property; additional homestead exemption for new homestead owners (Hearings are underway in front of the Florida Supreme Court to have this stricken)

Amendment #4 - Referenda required for adoption and amendment of local government comprehensive land use plans (on ballot)

Amendment #5 - Standards for Legislature to follow in legislative redistricting (on ballot - voter initiative)

Amendment #6 - Standards for Legislature to follow in congressional redistricting (on ballot - voter initiative)

Amendment #7 - Standards for Legislature to follow in legislative and congressional redistricting (Stricken down by a lower court from the ballot, but Hearings are underway in front of the Florida Supreme Court to decide if it is on the ballot or not - Legislature initiative and if passes then it will supercede Amendment #5 and #6)

Amendment #8 - Revision of the class size requirements for public schools (on ballot)

Amendment #9 - Health Care Freedom (Hearings are underway in front of the Florida Supreme Court to have this stricken)

Referendum - A Non Binding Referendum calling for an Amendment to the US Constitution to require a balanced federal budget without raising taxes (on ballot)

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