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| Last Edited | CBlock941 Nov 10, 2006 12:17pm |
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| News Date | Nov 10, 2006 12:15pm |
| Description | Amending the Florida Constitution has suddenly become a lot harder.
In fact, there is only one other state where it's any tougher, one expert says.
On Tuesday, voters approved Amendment 3, which mandates that future ballot questions gain at least 60 percent support, instead of the simple majority that had been required.
"This makes Florida the hardest among the initiative states," said John Matsusaka, president of the Initiative & Referendum Institute, a nonprofit group at the University of Southern California that tracks ballot initiatives. "Nobody is close to what you have in Florida."
Matsusaka said only New Hampshire requires that certain amendments get more than a simple majority -- a two-thirds vote, but only for initiatives offered by lawmakers. |
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