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 ...

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 ...

A federal judge on Friday overturned Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that strictly interpret the Second Amendment right to keep and bear ...

If he were to run again in 2028, it would violate the 22nd Amendment's restriction on serving more than two terms as president. The Twenty-second Amendment (Amendment XXII) to the United States ...

Twenty-five years earlier, she and her husband chose to terminate a pregnancy they ... cried and cheered as the results were announced just before 10:30 p.m. at an Amendment 3 watch party in downtown ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...