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Florida Constitution Revision Commission

P 6009: Primary Elections

PROPOSAL by Style and Drafting

Primary Elections; A proposal to amend 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: 4/16/2018 - Failed to adopt; YEAS 19 NAYS 17
Location: Failed passage
Proposal Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Proposal History

    Date Action
    3/30/2018 • Submitted for consideration by Style and Drafting
    • On Committee agenda-- Style and Drafting, 04/05/18, 10:00 am, 102 House Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida -- Submitted as Committee Proposal; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
    • On Committee agenda-- Style and Drafting, 04/06/18, 9:00 am, 102 House Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida --Meeting cancelled
    4/6/2018 • Filed
    4/9/2018 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    4/11/2018 • Placed on Reports of Committees Calendar, 04/16/18
    4/16/2018 • Failed to adopt; YEAS 19 NAYS 17

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  • P 6009, Original Filed Version (Current Proposal Version) Posted 4/6/2018 at 4:13 PM

    Proposal Text:   Web Page PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    902498 - Amendment
    In ballot statement, delete lines 40 - 46 and insert:     		Coxe 4/12/2018
    11:23 AM     		Adopted
    4/16/2018     		Web Page
    PDF

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/16/2018 7:13 PM Senate 19 Yeas - 17 Nays

    Citations - Constitution (1)

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

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  • PCP 6009, Proposed Committee Proposal Posted 3/30/2018 at 5:59 PM

    Proposal Text:   Web Page PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    608498 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the proposal clause and insert:     		Style and Drafting
    (Jordan)     		4/4/2018
    7:45 PM     		Favorable
    4/5/2018     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/5/2018 10:00 AM Style and Drafting 11 Yeas - 0 Nays

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