Amendment 4 Passes Voters, People Impacted React
• Florida voters approved a change in the constitution to automatically restore voting rights for people with felony convictions.
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• Florida voters approved a change in the constitution to automatically restore voting rights for people with felony convictions.
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• There is already a federal moratorium on drilling that includes Florida’s coastal waters.
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• Amendment 13 brought animal lovers to both sides of the debate.
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• The Amendment needed at least sixty percent approval to pass.
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• Florida voters will decide in November on property-tax breaks for disabled police and firefighters, and for low-income seniors. They’re on the ballot as Amendments 3 and 5.
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• Every election season, a funny thing happens – people come out of the woodwork to get constitutional amendments on the ballot to address issues the Legislature hasn’t touched – last year, voters overwhelmingly approved, for instance, a measure to dedicate a certain amount of funding to land and water conservation measures. The argument is that, since the state Legislature isn’t getting the work done, advocates need to take critical causes straight to the people and enshrine them in the state Constitution. It’s a tactic that doesn’t sit well with everyone, since the Constitution isn’t the place for common law making. This year’s amendment battle is over solar power. Advocates want to give businesses the power to generate up to generate …
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