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Florida Constitution Revision Commission

P 11: SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS, Primary, general, and special elections; electors voting in partisan primary elections

PROPOSAL by Sherry Plymale ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Carolyn Timmann ; Hank Coxe ; Roberto Martinez

SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS, Primary, general, and special elections; electors voting in partisan primary elections; Section 5 of Article VI of the State Constitution to authorize all qualified electors, regardless of party affiliation, to vote in a partisan primary election for an office if all the candidates for the office have the same party affiliation and the winner will be opposed only by one or more write-in candidates in the general election.

Last Action: 5/11/2018 - Died in Style and Drafting, see P 6009
Location: In committee (SD)
Proposal Text: Web Page | PDF
Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. General Provisions (GP)
  3. Style and Drafting (SD)

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  • Proposal History

    Date Action
    10/3/2017 • Filed
    10/16/2017 • Referred to Ethics and Elections; General Provisions
    11/20/2017 • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 11/29/17, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida
    • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 11/30/17, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida --Meeting cancelled
    11/29/2017 • Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 1
    12/1/2017 • Now in General Provisions
    1/5/2018 • On Committee agenda-- General Provisions, 01/12/18, 8:30 am, 401 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida
    1/12/2018 • Favorable by- General Provisions; YEAS 4 NAYS 2
    1/16/2018 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    3/15/2018 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/18
    3/19/2018 • Committed to Style and Drafting
    • Now in Style and Drafting
    3/29/2018 • On Committee agenda-- Style and Drafting, 04/03/18, 1:00 pm, 102 House Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida --Temporarily Postponed
    5/11/2018 • Died in Style and Drafting, see P 6009

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  • P 11, Original Filed Version (Current Proposal Version) Posted 10/3/2017 at 8:41 AM

    Public Proposals: 700396

    Proposal Text:   Web Page PDF
    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 11/25/2017 (pdf)
    General Provisions (Pre-Meeting) 1/8/2018 (pdf)

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    11/29/2017 8:00 AM Ethics and Elections 8 Yeas - 1 Nays
    1/12/2018 8:30 AM General Provisions 4 Yeas - 2 Nays
    4/3/2018 1:00 PM Style and Drafting View Vote Record

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    3/19/2018 2:27 PM Senate 21 Yeas - 12 Nays

    Citations - Constitution (1)

    Article Section Location in Proposal Location In Proposal Help
    Article VI Section 5 Page 1 (pdf)

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