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Florida Amendment 4, also the Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative, is an amendment to the constitution of the U.S. state of Florida passed by ballot initiative on November 6, 2018, as part of the 2018 Florida elections.
Florida Amendment 4 [1] was a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution, which failed on November 5, 2024. [2] [3] Through a statewide referendum, the amendment achieved 57% support among voters in the U.S. state of Florida, short of the 60% supermajority required by law.
In 2010, a similar proposal to repeal public campaign financing from the Florida constitution was on the state ballot, but it did not receive the needed 60% approval from voters.
Public campaign financing was enshrined in the state Constitution after a 1998 amendment — the same one that made school board positions nonpartisan (see 2024's Amendment 1).
Amendment 6 — Repeal of public campaign financing. Public financing was supposed to help candidates of modest means mount a campaign, but it hasn’t worked out that way.
Amendment 4 A constitutional amendment allowing tax exemptions for manufacturing businesses [40] Failed [41] 3,140 (34.13%) 6,059 (65.87%) Amendment 5 A constitutional amendment preventing Supreme Court decisions from going into effect until after being filed [40] Failed [41] 3,840 (45.04%) 4,685 (54.96%) Amendment 6
Amendment 6 - Public Campaign Financing - FAILED Public funding would end for candidates for governor/lieutenant governor, attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner ...
Elections in Florida are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even-numbered years, as provided for in Article 6 of the Florida Constitution. [1] For state elections, the Governor of Florida , Lieutenant Governor, and the members of the Florida Cabinet, and members of the Florida Senate are elected every four years ...