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List of amendments adopted, failed
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List of amendments adopted, failed

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Updated at 9:58 p.m. Tuesday, November 5.

After more than a year of legal wrangling in some cases, the Florida electorate has decided which constitutional amendments they approve and those they don’t approve.

Note that these are unofficial Election Day results and final numbers may be different.

Amendment 1 – Supportive school board members – FAIL

Makes district school board elections partisan again with candidates’ political parties listed with their names on ballots, as they were before. before voters decide to make them nonpartisan in 1998.

  • Yes: 55%
  • No: 45%
  • Estimated vote in: 87.9%

Amendment 2 – Right to hunt and fish – ADOPTED

Enshrines hunting and fishing “forever preserved as a public right” in the Florida Constitution and establishes that hunting and fishing are the preferred means of “responsibly managing and controlling fish and wildlife.”

  • Yes: 67.4%
  • No: 32.6%
  • Estimated vote in: 90.2%

Anyone 21 and older could consume and possess up to 3 ounces of marijuana. with no more than 5 grams in a concentrate form (with various restrictions). The pot could be sold via marijuana dispensaries without the need for a medical marijuana card.

  • Yes: 55.8%
  • No: 44.2%
  • Estimated vote in: 93%

Amendment 4 – Access to abortion – FAILURE

Makes abortion legal until fetal viability, which is generally considered to be around 23 to 24 weeks. It would also allow abortions when necessary to protect a patient’s health, as determined by a health care provider.

  • Yes: 57%
  • No: 43%
  • Estimated vote in: 92.8%

Amendment 5 – Homestead Annual Inflation Adjustment – PAST

Tying a portion of homestead exemptions to inflation rates could reduce local government revenues.

  • Yes: 66.1%
  • No: 33.9%
  • Estimated vote in: 88.9%

Amendment 6 – Public campaign financing – FAILURE

State funding would end for candidates for governor/lieutenant governor, attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.

  • Yes: 50.4%
  • No: 49.6%
  • Estimated vote in: 87.6%