Florida State University Law Review Volume 23 Issue 2 Article 5 Fall 1995 Citizen Initiatives in Florida: An Analysis of Florida's Constitutional Initative Process, Issues, and Alternatives P. K. Jameson Martha Hosack Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.law.fsu.edu/lr Part of the Constitutional Law Commons, and the State and Local Government Law Commons Recommended Citation P. K. Jameson & Martha Hosack, Citizen Initiatives in Florida: An Analysis of Florida's Constitutional Initative Process, Issues, and Alternatives, 23 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 417 (1995) . https://ir.law.fsu.edu/lr/vol23/iss2/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Florida State University Law Review by an authorized editor of Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. CITIZEN INITIATIVES IN FLORIDA: AN ANALYSIS OF FLORIDA'S CONSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVE PROCESS, ISSUES, AND ALTERNATIVES P. K. JAMESON* AND MARSHA HOSACK** I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 418 II. STATE CONSTITUTIONS ........................................... 420 III. ORIGIN OF INITIATIVES ........................................... 421 IV. HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION AND METHODS OF AMENDMENT ................................................... 422 V. AMENDMENT BY INITIATIVE IN FLORIDA ...................... 425 A. Provisionsfor Initiatives in the Constitution ....... 425 B. Statutory Provisionsfor Placing a Constitutional Initiative