Florida Amendment 6, Eligibility for County Court Judge Amendment (1984)
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| Topic State judiciary |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 6, 1984. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported requiring that a person be a member of the Florida state bar for the preceding five years to be eligible to be a county court judge and allowing a person to be eligible to be appointed or elected as a county court judge in a county with a population of 40,000 or less if they are a member in good standing with the state bar. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring that a person be a member of the Florida state bar for the preceding five years to be eligible to be a county court judge and allowing a person to be eligible to be appointed or elected as a county court judge in a county with a population of 40,000 or less if they are a member in good standing with the state bar. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 6 |
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2,529,436 | 75.45% | ||
| No | 823,219 | 24.55% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution, effective July 1, 1985, to require that unless otherwise provided by general law, no person shall be eligible for the office of county court judge unless he is, and has been for the preceding five years, a member of the bar of Florida unless otherwise provided by general law, a person shall be eligible for election or appointment to the office of county court judge in a county having a population of 40,000 or less if he is a member in good standing of the bar of Florida. | ” |
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.
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Footnotes
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