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Florida Senate - 2005 SJR 1934
By Senator Sebesta
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1 Senate Joint Resolution No. ____
2 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to
3 Section 5 of Article VI of the State
4 Constitution to prescribe additional
5 circumstances in which electors may vote in a
6 primary election regardless of party
7 affiliation.
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9 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 That the following amendment to Section 5 of Article VI
12 of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted
13 to the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the
14 next general election or at an earlier special election
15 specifically authorized by law for that purpose:
16 ARTICLE VI
17 SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
18 SECTION 5. Primary, general, and special elections.--
19 (a) A general election shall be held in each county on
20 the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each
21 even-numbered year to choose a successor to each elective
22 state and county officer whose term will expire before the
23 next general election and, except as provided herein, to fill
24 each vacancy in elective office for the unexpired portion of
25 the term. A general election may be suspended or delayed due
26 to a state of emergency or impending emergency pursuant to
27 general law. Special elections and referenda shall be held as
28 provided by law.
29 (b) If all candidates for an office have the same
30 party affiliation and the winner will have either no
31 opposition in the general election or opposition only from a
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Florida Senate - 2005 SJR 1934
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1 write-in candidate, then all qualified electors, regardless of
2 party affiliation, may vote in the primary elections for that
3 office.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
5 placed on the ballot:
6 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
7 ARTICLE VI, SECTION 5
8 OPEN PRIMARY ELECTION; ADDITIONAL
9 CIRCUMSTANCES.--Proposing an amendment to the State
10 Constitution that will permit all electors regardless of party
11 affiliation to vote in any primary election for an office, in
12 the same manner as currently permitted when the winner of the
13 primary will be unopposed in the general election, if the
14 winner of the primary will be opposed in the general election
15 by a write-in candidate only.
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