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A.G. GancarskiApril 8, 2019

The current threshold is 60 percent.

Staff ReportsNovember 28, 2018

A West Palm Beach lawmaker has again filed a bill to increase the threshold by which voters must approve changes to the state’s governing document. Republican state Rep. Rick Roth filed the measure (HJR 57) on Wednesday. It would boost to two-thirds — or 66.66 percent — the margin by which a constitutional amendment must be […]

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Tag: HJR 57

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