Florida voters decided to keep a commission that meets every 20 years to make changes to the state constitution despite lawmakers who argued it is no longer needed.
Employees process vote-by-mail ballots for the midterm election at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Miami. – Critics said Florida’s Constitutional Revision Commission had gone beyond its original mandate and lacked accountability, and the Legislature decided last year to ask voters to abolish it in a ballot measure. The critics also noted that citizens would still be able pursue amendments with initiative petitions.
Members of the 37-member commission are overwhelmingly appointed by the governor and legislative leaders. Formed in the late 1960s, the panel last met in 2017-2018, when it placed seven proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot. Republican Sen. Jeff Brandes, who sponsored the bill to put the measure on the ballot, said a single party could control the panel and rewrite the constitution. He argued that was something “both Republicans and Democrats should be concerned about.”
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