A few years ago, the Florida constitution was being flooded with amendments to mandate things like saving fetal pigs and a requirement to indebt the state over a non sensical high speed rail project. What was happening is that special interest groups figured out they could bypass the legislature and just make their cause a constitutional amendment. Fortunately, a constitutional amendment that required future amendments to pass by 60% of the vote rather than simple majority was put on the ballot. As I recall, it passed by less than 60%, somewhat ironically. This change slowed down the onslaught of amendments and seems to be an overall a good move for the state. Other states that haven't done this have found their constitutions so flooded with garbage that they aren't even functioning documents any longer. Amendment 4 comes from the school of thought that constitutional amendments should have to clear a pretty high bar before becoming law.
Amendment 1 - YES
Amendment 2 - NO
Amendment 3 - NO
Amendment 4 - YES
Amendment 5 - YES
Amendment 6 - YES
Yes on 4? Did you even read it?
A few years ago, the Florida constitution was being flooded with amendments to mandate things like saving fetal pigs and a requirement to indebt the state over a non sensical high speed rail project. What was happening is that special interest groups figured out they could bypass the legislature and just make their cause a constitutional amendment. Fortunately, a constitutional amendment that required future amendments to pass by 60% of the vote rather than simple majority was put on the ballot. As I recall, it passed by less than 60%, somewhat ironically. This change slowed down the onslaught of amendments and seems to be an overall a good move for the state. Other states that haven't done this have found their constitutions so flooded with garbage that they aren't even functioning documents any longer. Amendment 4 comes from the school of thought that constitutional amendments should have to clear a pretty high bar before becoming law.
I, as a stupid 18 or 22 year old, voted for that train garbage because it “sounded cool”