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52Nov 3 election

Amendment 3: Prospective Judicial Vacancies Measure

Did not pass with 47.9% yes.

Amendment 3 · Legislative referral · Florida, November 4, 2014

Yes
2,576,737
47.9%. The passing rule is not on file.
No
2,802,541
52.1%
  1. Qualified (Done)

    Sent by the legislature

  2. On the ballot (Done)

    Amendment 3

  3. Election day (Done)

    November 4, 2014

  4. Did not pass (Current step)

    47.9% yes

What a yes vote does

Empower the governor to fill judicial vacancies by appointing a justice or judge from among at least three, but not more than six, candidates selected by the judicial nominating commission. The measure would have allowed the governor to "prospectively" fill a vacancy, meaning that the governor would have not needed to wait until a judge completes his or her term to pick a successor in situations where a judge

What moved

How it got on the ballot

The legislature put it before voters.

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