Proposed revisions to the Florida Constitution of 1968, 1978.

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Proposed revisions to the Florida Constitution of 1968, 1978.

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This series contains the proposed revisions to the Florida Constitution of 1968 as outlined in 1978 by the Constitution Revision Commission. Volume 1 indicates the proposed revisions to the Constitution, as well as the ballot language and order. Volume 2 presents the 1968 Constitution with the 1978 revisions inserted as they would appear in the new text.

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The 1968 Constitution contains a continuous revision clause providing for the revision of the Constitution within the first ten years after approval, and a revision every twenty years thereafter (Article XI, Section 2). The Constitution specifies a thirty-seven member commission be selected to prepare revisions. The Constitution Revision Commission was created in 1977 and its proposed revision were rejected by the electorate in November 1978. From the description of Background papers...