BREAKING: Taylor County voters support 5 of 6 constitutional amendments

Posted on November 3, 2020

While official statewide results were not yet available, Taylor County voters supported five of the six proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution, including an amendment that would allow all voters to vote in primary elections regardless of political party.

In Florida, constitutional amendments must receive 60 percent of the official statewide vote to pass.

Amendment 1, which adds a requirement that you be a citizen to vote into the Florida Constitution, received support from 88.39 percent of Taylor County voters, while 11.61 percent disapproved of the amendment.

In Taylor County, the lone amendment to fail this year was Amendment 2, which would raise Florida’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. Approximately 43.96 percent of Taylor County voters supported the amendment, while 56.04 percent disapproved.

Finding more support was Amendment 3, which will allow all voters to vote in primary elections regardless of political party in certain statewide races if it passes with 60-percent of the vote statewide. Amendment 3 received support from 54.96 percent of Taylor County voters, while 45.04 percent voted against. The amendment would also allow the two leading candidates to continue to the general election, regardless of political party.

Amendment 4, which would require voters approve of an amendment twice before it passes, received support from 56.13 percent of Taylor County voters, while 43.87 percent disapproved. 

Amendment 5, which extends the window for “Save Our Homes” property tax portability from two years to three years, received support from 72.84 percent of Taylor County voters, while 27.16 percent voted against. Amendment 6, which allows property tax exemptions for disabled combat veterans to be transferred to their surviving spouses, received support from 90.02 percent of Taylor County voters, with 9.98 percent disapproving. 

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