AMENDMENT 1

One of the key issues Florida voters will face on this year’s ballot involves flood-related home improvement projects and how much it impacts their property taxes.

As they elect a governor, a U.S. senator and numerous state and local officials, Florida voters in November will decide whether to approve two property-tax measures and the fate of the state’s Constitution Revision Commission.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s proposed Amendment 1, which would change the verbiage that describes who has the right to vote in the state of Florida, has passed. She says the language can be tricky but the change Amendment 1 would make is actually pretty simple. So would this amendment change who is allowed to vote in Florida? A “yes” vote supports amending the Florida Constitution to state that “only a citizen” of the U.S. who is 18 years old or older can vote in Florida. A 60 percent supermajority vote was required for the approval of Amendment 1, which is sponsored by the political committee Florida Citizen Voters.

She says the language can be tricky but the change Amendment 1 would make is actually pretty simple. So would this amendment change who is allowed to vote in Florida? A “yes” vote supports amending the Florida Constitution to state that “only a citizen” of the U.S. who is 18 years old or older can vote in Florida. A “no” vote opposes amending the Florida Constitution, thus keeping the existing language that says “every citizen” of the U.S. who is 18 years old or older can vote in Florida. A 60 percent supermajority vote is required for the approval of Amendment 1, which is sponsored by the political committee Florida Citizen Voters.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Early voting at a new early voting location in Orange County has seen a bit of decline in recent days, but election officials say it could be voter choice or because it’s a new polling location and more people are voting by mail. The Amway Center saw an increase the first day of early voting, then the numbers dropped shortly after. Here’s how to track your ballot]News 6 asked Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles about the Amway early voting stats. He said early voting numbers are actually up countywide compared to early voting so far in 2016. Cowles also said the Amway Center is a new early voting location and that it’s common to see larger early voting numbers toward the end of early voting.