Art. VI, § 2, Fla. Const. · Article VI. SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Electors.
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Text — As revised in 1968 and subsequently amended (Online Sunshine, retrieved 2026-10-04)
Only a citizen of the United States who is at least eighteen years of age and who is a permanent resident of the state, if registered as provided by law, shall be an elector of the county where registered.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
Am. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 11, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998; Am. by Initiative Petition filed with the Secretary of State November 28, 2018; adopted 2020.
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- Official file
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