Nov 06
Broward Election Results
Broward Election Results
http://www.sun-sentinel2.com/elections/results/index.php?id=6
The Broward Amendments & Charters
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782 of 786 Precincts Reporting*
| Votes | Votes % | |
| Constitutional Amendment 1 declaration of rights Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to delete provisions authorizing the Legislature to regulate or prohibit the ownership, inheritance, disposition, and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for citizenship. |
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| Yes | 296600 | 52.18% |
| No | 271798 | 47.82% |
| Constitutional Amendment 2 marriage protection This amendment protects marriage as the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife and provides that no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized. |
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| Yes | 319249 | 52.15% |
| No | 292972 | 47.85% |
| Constitutional Amendment 3 residential property Authorizes the Legislature, by general law, to prohibit consideration of changes or improvements to residential real property which increase resistance to wind damage and installation of renewable energy source devices as factors in assessing the property’s value for ad valorem taxation purposes. Effective upon adoption, repeals the existing renewable energy source device exemption no longer in effect. |
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| Yes | 347413 | 61.61% |
| No | 216503 | 38.39% |
| Constitutional Amendment 4 property tax exemption Requires Legislature to provide a property tax exemption for real property encumbered by perpetual conservation easements or other perpetual conservation protections, defined by general law. Requires Legislature to provide for classification and assessment of land used for conservation purposes, and not perpetually encumbered, solely on the basis of character or use. Subjects assessment benefit to conditions, limitations, and reasonable definitions established by general law. Applies to property taxes beginning in 2010. |
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| Yes | 399046 | 71.31% |
| No | 160544 | 28.69% |
| Constitutional Amendment 6 waterfront property Provides for assessment based upon use of land used predominantly for commercial fishing purposes; land used for vessel launches into waters that are navigable and accessible to the public; marinas and drystacks that are open to the public; and water-dependent marine manufacturing facilities, commercial fishing facilities, and marine vessel construction and repair facilities and their support activities, subject to conditions, limitations, and reasonable definitions specified by general law. |
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| Yes | 396499 | 72.1% |
| No | 153461 | 27.9% |
| Constitutional Amendment 8 community college funding Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to require that the Legislature authorize counties to levy a local option sales tax to supplement community college funding; requiring voter approval to levy the tax; providing that approved taxes will sunset after 5 years and may be reauthorized by the voters. |
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| Yes | 275079 | 48.49% |
| No | 292232 | 51.51% |
| Charter Amendment 1 transit authority | ||
| Yes | 267644 | 49.53% |
| No | 272760 | 50.47% |
| Charter Amendment 2 county administration | ||
| Yes | 342945 | 67.19% |
| No | 167497 | 32.81% |
| Charter Amendment 3 voting conflict | ||
| Yes | 411751 | 76.84% |
| No | 124120 | 23.16% |
| Charter Amendment 4 housing council | ||
| Yes | 281441 | 50.66% |
| No | 274121 | 49.34% |
| Charter Amendment 5 countywide focus | ||
| Yes | 365787 | 68.78% |
| No | 166031 | 31.22% |
| Charter Amendment 6 park preservation | ||
| Yes | 488675 | 87.53% |
| No | 69636 | 12.47% |
| Charter Amendment 7 sustainable environment | ||
| Yes | 392244 | 73.76% |
| No | 139539 | 26.24% |
| Charter Amendment 8 ethics commission | ||
| Yes | 303347 | 57.4% |
| No | 225165 | 42.6% |
| Charter Amendment 9 redistricting consultant | ||
| Yes | 170316 | 32.78% |
| No | 349208 | 67.22% |
| Charter Amendment 10 study committee | ||
| Yes | 368926 | 69.59% |
| No | 161208 | 30.41% |
