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 ...

DeSantis led an aggressive, monthslong campaign against Amendment 3, which sought to ... With the results, DeSantis can say for the second election cycle in a row that Florida bucked national ...

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 ...

There were six constitutional amendments on Floridian ballots on Tuesday and Amendment 4, which would have enshrined Floridians' rights to abortion after 6 weeks, failed. Amendment 4, titled ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The same-sex marriage amendment on this year’s ballots received majority support. That’s according to the second printout, which showed 51.7% voted yes and 40.3% ...

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 ...

Florida's amendment to legalize recreational marijuana failed to meet the 60% needed to pass, despite it receiving more "yes" votes. Amendment 3 asked voters to consider a state 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 ...