Art. VI, § 4, Fla. Const. · Article VI. SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Disqualifications.
Text — As revised in 1968 and subsequently amended (Online Sunshine, retrieved 2026-10-04)
(a) No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil rights or removal of disability. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any disqualification from voting arising from a felony conviction shall terminate and voting rights shall be restored upon completion of all terms of sentence including parole or probation.
(b) No person convicted of murder or a felony sexual offense shall be qualified to vote until restoration of civil rights.
(c) No person may appear on the ballot for re-election to any of the following offices:
(1) Florida representative,
(2) Florida senator,
(3) Florida Lieutenant governor,
(4) any office of the Florida cabinet,
(5) U.S. Representative from Florida, or
(6) U.S. Senator from Florida
if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in that office for eight consecutive years.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
Am. by Initiative Petition filed with the Secretary of State July 23, 1992; adopted 1992; Am. by Initiative Petition filed with the Secretary of State October 31, 2014; adopted 2018.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As revised in 1968 and subsequently amended (Online Sunshine, retrieved 2026-10-04)
- Official file
- https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Mode=Constitution&Submenu=3&Tab=statutes
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Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Art. VI, § 4, Fla. Const.. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Florida Statutes
- § 98.075, Fla. Stat.Registration records maintenance activities; ineligibility determinations.Printed as s. 4, Art. VI of the State Constitution
- § 98.0751, Fla. Stat.Restoration of voting rights; termination of ineligibility subsequent to a felony conviction.Printed as s. 4, Art. VI of the State Constitution
- § 940.061, Fla. Stat.Informing persons about executive clemency, restoration of civil rights, and restoration of voting rights.Printed as s. 4, Art. VI of the State Constitution
- § 944.292, Fla. Stat.Suspension of civil rights.Printed as s. 4, Art. VI of the State Constitution
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