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 ...

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 ...

Amendment 80 remained at about 7 percentage points below the 55% approval rate needed for passage when the Associated Press officially called the race Thursday morning. Kevin Vick, president of ...

White, a retired professor of clinical psychology at Washington University who is now 66, was among a few hundred people who embraced, cried and cheered as the results were announced just before 10:30 ...

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 ...

“Elections have consequences.” It’s the political way for winners to tell losers: “Tough luck, you lost, get over it.” President Barack Obama infamously espoused this view shortly after ...

Amendment 4, titled 'Amendment to limit government interference with abortion' or 'abortion amendment', sought to protect abortion access in Florida. It would have made abortion legal until fetal ...

Amendment 3 will be rejected by Florida voters, CBS News projects, blocking the way for recreational marijuana use in the state after voters weighed in on the high-interest ballot measure in the ...

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 ...

The amendment enshrines abortion rights into the constitution over the objections of the heavily Republican state leadership. Missouri was the first state to ban abortion - even in cases of rape ...

Abortion on the ballot has been seen as a sticking point for Republicans since the overturning of Roe V Wade, but a major amendment in Florida failed after voters voted "No" on the progressive ...