Constitutional Amendments

Both citizens and lawmakers can put proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot. This session, lawmakers are trying to create more ballot measures even as they attempt to make it harder for citizens to do the same.

The Legislature will meet in special session at 10:30 a.m. Monday. However it remains unclear whether Gov. Ron DeSantis will get all of the immigration and ballot reform changes he seeks.

They include the Republicans' continued dominance in the state and Gov. Ron DeSantis' influence in the outcome of the abortion and recreational marijuana amendments.

Here is a detailed breakdown of how Florida voted in the races for Senate and constitutional amendments.

Among other measures, Florida voters rejected ballot measures that would have enshrined abortion rights, legalized recreational marijuana, and established partisan school board elections.

More than half of Floridians voted to approve a proposal to allow abortions until fetal viability, but it wasn't enough to meet the 60% mark. That means the current six-week abortion ban remains in effect.

Culture war issues ratcheted up tensions during the pandemic years, and Florida continues to lead the nation in book removals.

The Amendment 3 measure earned 56 percent of the vote, short of the required 60 percent threshold. It was a major victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis, who opposed the proposal.

View live results for Florida's ballot measures and races for president, Senate and House.

Each proposal needs a 60% supermajority to be approved and each has sparked intense statewide campaigns.

Floridians will get the chance to vote on whether or not abortion is a state constitutional right via Amendment 4. But what is the amendment? And what are opponents saying about it?

In a sharply worded order, a federal judge issues a temporary restraining order after a lawsuit was filed against the state by a group campaigning for the abortion-rights amendment proposal.