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On the 2010 Ballot:

Amendment 1:
Repeal of Public Financing Requirement

Amendment 2:
Tax Break for Deployed Military Personnel

Amendment 4:
Control over changes to growth plans

Amendments 5 & 6:
Change in Legislative Redistricting

Amendment 8:
Relaxation of Class-Size Requirements

Non-Binding
Resolution
:
Constitutional Requirement that Federal Government Balance its Budget

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Removed From Ballot
After Court Challenges

Amendment 3:
Property Tax Limit for Non-Homestead Property/Added Exemption for New Homestead Owners

Amendment 7:
Changes in Redistricting Less Restrictive Than Amendments5 & 6

Amendment 9:
Nullification of Federal Health-Care Law


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Amendment 1 - Repeal of public campaign financing requirement

Amendment 2 - Homestead ad valorem tax credit for deployed military personnel

Amendment 4 - Referenda required for adoption and amendment of local government comprehensive land use plans

Amendment 5 - Standards for Legislature to follow in legislative redistricting

Amendment 6 - Standards for Legislature to follow in legislative redistricting

Amendment 8 – Revision of the class size requirements for public schools

Referendum on Deficit Spending 

On the Ballot – Amendments at a Glance

Florida Amendment News Articles

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> State of Florida

Florida Division of Elections

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Florida Commission on Ethics

Florida House of Representatives

Florida Senate

Office of the Governor

 

> Other Government Organizations

Florida League of Cities

Florida Association of Counties

Florida City and County Management Association

Florida City Clerks Association

 

> Non-Government Associations

Florida Bar Foundation

Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice

Florida Chamber of Commerce

Florida Institute of Government

First Amendment Foundation

Florida Hometown Democracy

Florida Association of Realtors

Homeowners of Sandestin

Florida League of Women Voters (organization's positions on amendments)


> Amendment-Specific

Amendment #4

BallotPedia

OneVoice Florida (Florida Chamber of Commerce)

Florida Hometown Democracy

Florida 2010


Amendments #s 5 & 6

The Impact of Redistricting In Your Community: A Guide to Redistricting (pdf)

Florida Redistricting: The Complete Analysis 

ACLU of Florida proponent campaign site


> Books for study

  • "Florida Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials” by John F. Cooper and Thomas C. Marks Jr. (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 1992
  • The Florida Constitution: A Reference Guide by Talbot D'Alemberte (New York: Greenwood Press, 1991).
  • "Florida's Politics and Government” by Manning Dauer (Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1986).
  • Symposium on the Proposed Revisions to the Florida Constitution-Florida State University Law Review, (Tallahassee: Florida State University Law Review, 1978).
  • The New History of Florida” by Michael Gannon. (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1996).
  • Revised Constitution of the State of Florida-the Florida Constitution Revision Commission (Tallahassee, 1978).
  • The Florida Handbook 1995-96 by Allen Morris and Joan Perry Morris, (Tallahassee: Peninsular Publishing Co., 1995).
  • Twenty-five Years and Counting: A Symposium on the Florida Constitution of 1968 — the Nova Law Review (Fort Lauderdale: Nova Law Review, Winter 1994).
  • The Constitutions of the State: A State-by-State Guide and Bibliography to Current Scholarly Research by Bernard Reams and Stuart Yoak, (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana, 1988)