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Florida Amendment 1, Appellate Districts Amendment (1965)
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| Topic State judiciary |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 2, 1965. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported prescribing the number of appellate districts within the state and the number of judges to serve each district. |
A “no” vote opposed prescribing the number of appellate districts within the state and the number of judges to serve each district. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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394,039 | 69.54% | ||
| No | 172,633 | 30.46% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | NO. 1 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 5 SUBSECTIONS (1) AND (2) Judiciary, District Courts of Appeal—Proposing an amendment to Article V, Section 5, subsections (1) and (2) of the State Constitution to provide that the state shall be divided into four or more appellate districts of contiguous counties as the Legislature may prescribe and that the Legislature may provide for additional judges for any district court of appeal and may reduce the number of any district to not less than three. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 5. District Courts of Appeal. (1) Appellate Districts. The state shall be divided into four (4) or more appellate districts of contiguous counties as the Legislature may from time to time prescribe, and there shall be organized a district court of appeal in each district. (2) Organization; Number and Selection of Judges. There shall initially be three (3) judges in each district court of appeal, and the Legislature may provide for additional judges for any district court of appeal and may reduce the number of any district to not less than three (3). Three (3) judges shall constitute a panel for and shall consider each case, and the concurrence of a majority of the panel shall be necessary to a decision. The court shall hold at least one (1) session every year in each judicial circuit within the district wherein there is ready business to transact. After a change in the territorial limits of any appellate district, all proceedings then pending within the jurisdiction of each district court of appeal shall be transferred to the court then having jurisdiction, except causes which have been orally argued. |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Florida Constitution
A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.
See also
External links
- Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
- Ocala Star-Banner, "Voting Machine Sample Ballot, Special State & County and Biennial School Elections, November 2, 1965, Marion County, Florida," October 25, 1965
Footnotes
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