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52Nov 3 election

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.

Amendment 7 · Commission referral · Florida, November 6, 2018

Yes
5,148,300
65.8%. The passing rule is not on file.
No
2,680,942
34.2%
  1. Qualified (Done)

    Commission referral

  2. On the ballot (Done)

    Amendment 7

  3. Election day (Done)

    November 6, 2018

  4. Passed (Done)

    65.8% yes

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.

What moved

How it got on the ballot

A state commission put it before voters.

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