Renzo DowneyMarch 25, 2021
6min1220
If approved, voters would decide in 2022.
Tag: Florida Constitution Revision CommissionRay Rodrigues and Manny Díaz find themselves in the Miami Herald. Image via the Miami Herald.
Renzo DowneyMarch 25, 2021Renzo DowneyMarch 18, 2021
5min1049
If approved, voters would decide in 2022.
Renzo DowneyFebruary 20, 2021
4min1190
The identical Senate version is ready for a floor vote in that chamber.
Renzo DowneyJanuary 20, 2021
4min433
The CRC is one of five methods to amend the Florida Constitution.
Joe HendersonJanuary 17, 2019
5min367
"There is no doubt Florida can do much better with its statewide elections."
Drew WilsonNovember 6, 20185min601
An amendment that will ban offshore drilling and treated the public use of e-cigarettes like their analogue cousins was approved by Florida voters in Tuesday’s elections. Amendment 9 was among a dozen initiatives Floridians considered in the ballot booth on Tuesday, and one of seven ballot questions green-lit by the Florida Constitution Revision Commission. Amendment 9 […]
Staff ReportsApril 16, 2018
2min553
The Florida Chamber of Commerce on Monday said the voting down of a constitutional amendment to create a ‘Florida E-Verify’ system “was a win for protecting Florida’s Constitution.” “Proposal 6010 would have placed an ineffective federal government system into Florida’s foundational document,” said Frank Walker, the Chamber’s vice president of Governmental Affairs. “The Florida Chamber […]
Jim RosicaApril 16, 2018
3min282
A proposed constitutional amendment is headed to the ballot that would, among other things, enshrine a crime victims’ bill of rights in the state constitution. “Revision 1” (P6001) was OK’d Monday by the Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) on a 34-3 vote; it needed at least 22 votes for ballot placement. Now, the amendment must get […]
Guest AuthorApril 12, 2018
6min273
The week of April 16, 2018, the 37 members of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) hold the unique power to approve or not approve what proposals will go on the 2018 ballot this November for voters to consider adding as amendments to our state’s constitution. Given the substance of a number of the remaining proposals, […]
Scott PowersFebruary 20, 2018
7min551
Guns, greyhounds, and privacy. Two of the three most commonly- and passionately-discussed topics at Monday’s first public hearing for the Florida Constitution Revision Commission’s proposed amendments weren’t even among the 37 active propositions. Yet dozens of speakers at the Maxwell C. King Center in Melbourne Monday spoke of their desire to see a Florida Constitution […]