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Capital Report: November 1, 2024

Proposed Florida Constitutional Amendment 1 would require partisan school-board elections starting in 2026. That means candidates would carry party labels by their names on ballots. The measure was placed on the ballot by the legislature in a partisan vote—with Republicans largely in support. However as Tristan Wood reports, recent polling shows the measure is struggling to clear the 60% threshold needed to pass it.

Outdoor enthusiasts and wildlife conservationists may be particularly interested in Amendment 2. It was placed on the ballot by the Florida Legislature last year (2023). Now, Gina Jordan has an update of the story we first brought you in July.

Florida Governor Ron and First Lady Casey DeSantis have shifted from their opposition to Amendment 4, which would enshrine abortion in the Florida Constitution, to Amendment 3, which would legalize recreational marijuana for adults. As Margie Menzel reports, earlier in this election season, polls showed Amendment 3 passing easily. But since Governor DeSantis and his allies have been working to oppose it, the campaign has tightened.

It’s been six months (as of Nov.1) since Florida’s ban on most abortions after six weeks went into effect. Now, over the next few days, voters will decide whether to overturn the law by enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution. Regan McCarthy visited a Planned Parenthood clinic in Jacksonville to talk with doctors and staff members about what it’s been like since the law went into the place.

Come next Tuesday, Florida voters will decide which way to go on six proposed amendments to the state constitution. ----- One least talked about is Amendment 5, which would adjust one of Florida’s homestead tax exemptions to inflation. Central Florida Public Media’s housing and homelessness reporter Lillian Hernández Caraballo reports.

This election cycle, millions of Florida voters will decide whether to keep a state provision that allows taxpayer dollars to be spent on campaigns. Adrian Andrews reports, its Amendment 6 on the ballot.