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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 says the state may not interfere with that right "unless justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means." Last year, Maryland lawmakers voted to put ...

Florida voters declined to protect abortion access in the state constitution, making it the first state to reject such a proposal since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Amendment 4, aimed at limiting ...