Amendment 7: First Responder and Military Member Survivor Benefits, Supermajority Board Votes for College Fees, and State College System Amendment
Passed with 65.8% yes.
- Yes
- 5,148,300
- 65.8%. The passing rule is not on file.
- No
- 2,680,942
- 34.2%
Qualified (Done)
On the ballot (Done)
Election day (Done)
Passed (Done)
What a yes vote does
Require employers to provide death benefits, as the state legislature defines, to the surviving spouses of first responders while engaged in official duties; require the state to provide death benefits, as the state legislature defines, to the surviving spouses of active-duty U.S. Armed Forces members who are accidentally killed or unlawfully and intentionally killed; require a nine-member vote of the board of trustees and 12-member vote of the board of governors to increase a college fee; and place the current structure of the state's system of higher education in the Florida Constitution.
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How it got on the ballot
A state commission put it before voters.
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On the same ballot
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