Most states require a simple majority vote to pass ballot measures. So did Florida, until a 2006 constitutional amendment passed, changing the threshold for voter approval to 60%. Ironically ...

Ron DeSantis, the recreational marijuana amendment appears to have failed to pass. Recreational weed remains illegal in Florida. But it got 55.9% of the vote, according to the unofficial returns ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who harnessed the power of state government and millions in taxpayer dollars in a bid to doom Amendment 4, posted about its failure on social media on Tuesday ...

The actress discusses starring in the new film adaptation of “The Piano Lesson,” Wilson’s play about the Great Migration and a family torn apart by inheritance. Become an A.I. operator. The ...

There were six constitutional amendments on Floridian ballots on Tuesday and voters said "no" on Amendment 3. That means that Florida will not become the 25th state where recreational marijuana ...

More than 6 million Florida voters, representing 57% of the vote, cast their ballot in favor of Amendment 4 on Election Day Tuesday. Yet, the abortion measure failed to pass despite 1.5 million ...

Missouri became the 39th state to legalize sports betting Tuesday, approving Amendment 2 amid an upswing in legalized gambling across the United States. The amendment passed by a narrow margin ...

Amendment 1 would have made school board elections partisan, requiring candidates to disclose whether they are Republicans, Democrats or members of another party. However, the amendment required a ...

A statewide constitution amendment passed by a wide margin in South Carolina. With approximately 80% of the vote in, the amendment passed by 85%. South Carolina had a proposed constitutional ...

Amendment 79, which prohibits any state or local government from denying, impeding or discriminating against the right to abortion access, was passing 60.9% to 39.1% at 8:26 p.m. when The Associated ...

Florida is now the first state to defeat an abortion rights amendment since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The measure needed a 60 percent supermajority to pass, the highest ...

The Amendment 3 measure earned 56 percent of the vote, short of the required 60 percent threshold. It was a major victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis, who opposed the proposal. A $150 million-plus effort to ...