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Florida Amendment 5, County Commissioners Amendment (1984)
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| Topic Local government officials and elections |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 6, 1984. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing county commissioners to be elected in the manner prescribed by law and allowing boards of county commissioners to be made up of five or seven members. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing county commissioners to be elected in the manner prescribed by law and allowing boards of county commissioners to be made up of five or seven members. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 5 |
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2,150,510 | 64.27% | ||
| No | 1,195,654 | 35.73% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:
| “ | Provides that county commissioners shall be elected as provided by law, thereby removing the constitutional restriction that county commissioners must be elected at large by the electors of the county, and allows the board of county commissioners to be composed of either five or seven members. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
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
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Footnotes
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State of Florida Tallahassee (capital) |
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