FL Statewide 2024 Ballot Measures

The Florida State Legislature referred Constitutional Amendments to the 2024 Ballot.

Amendment 1 - Changes School Board Elections from Nonpartisan to Partisan, beginning in November 2026 General Election, and for Primary Elections nominating Party Candidates for the 2026 Election.

Amendment 2 - Establishes a State Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish.

Amendment 3 - Legalize Marijuana for Adults 21 years old and older.

Amendment 4 - Provide a State Constitutional Right to Abortion before Fetal Viability.

Amendment 5 - Provide for an Annual Inflation Adjustment for the Value of the Homestead Property Tax Exemption.

Amendment 6 - Repeal a Constitutional Provision providing for Public Campaign Financing for Candidates who Agree to Spending Limits.

Florida allows Citizens to initiate Constitutional Amendments. Sponsors must First Register as a Political Committee with the Florida Division of Elections, and submit the Proposed Initiative Petition to the Division of Elections.

If the Petition Format is Approved by the Division of Elections, a Serial Number will be Assigned and Proponents may begin Collecting Signatures.

The Total number of Signatures required for an Initiated Constitutional Amendment to Qualify for the Ballot is equal to 8% of the Votes cast in the Preceding Presidential Election.

To Qualify an Initiative for the 2024 Ballot, Initiative Proponents must collect 891,523 Valid Signatures.

Florida also has a Signature Distribution requirement, which requires that Signatures equaling at least 8% of the District-wide Vote in the last Presidential Election be Collected from at least half (14) of the State's 28 Congressional Districts.

Signatures remain Valid until February 1st of even-numbered years, and must be Verified by February 1st of the General Election yea, the Initiative aims to appear on the Ballot.

Proposed Measures are reviewed by the State Attorney General and State Supreme Court, after Proponents collect 25% of the required Signatures across the State, in each of One-Half of the State's Congressional Districts, 222,881 Signatures for 2024 Ballot Measures.

After these Preliminary Signatures have been Collected, the Secretary-of-State must Submit the Proposal to the Florida Attorney General and the Financial Impact Estimating Conference (FIEC).

The Attorney General is required to Petition the Florida Supreme Court for an Advisory Opinion on the Measure's Compliance with the Single-Subject Rule, the Appropriateness of the Title, and Summary, and whether or Not the Measure "is facially invalid under the United States Constitution."

Initiative Signatures must be Vverified by February 1st, 2024, and, must be Submitted to County Officials long enough before that Date to allow for the Verification Process.

County Supervisors of Elections have a Maximum of 30 days to Verify Signatures and Submit them to the Secretary-of-state, which means to Guarantee that Local Officials Verify and Submit Signatures, they should be Submitted by January 2nd, 2024.









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