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(Tallahassee, FL) - Petition campaigns stalled out in Florida leading to an amendment-free 2026 November General Election ballot.
This is the first time in decades that no citizen-proposed constitutional amendments will appear on Florida’s statewide ballot.
“All twenty-two active proposed constitutional amendments by initiative petitions failed to meet the requirements of Florida law for placement on the 2026 General Election ballot,” reads an announcement from the Department of State.
According to the Florida State department, some of the failed initiatives involved recreational marijuana, allowing all voters to vote in Primary Elections and prayer back in schools.
The proposed constitutional amendments are listed below with their sponsors:
- Adult Personal Use of Marijuana (Smart & Safe Florida)
- All Voters Vote in Primary Elections for State Legislature, Governor, and Cabinet (Let Florida Vote)
- Allowing all voters to electronically sign petitions. (Florida Constitutional Amendment Network)
- Amendment to Standardize the Initiative Process in Florida (Let Florida Vote)
- Annual Insurance Policy Rate Reduction (Florida Constitutional Amendment Network)
- Applications for Executive Clemency (Floridians for Redeemable People)
- Cabinet Reorganization Amendment: Commissioner of Education (Let Florida Vote)
- Establish a non-denominational prayer for public school students to be recited daily (Heal Our Nation)
- Extended Legislative Sessions (Floridians for Redeemable People)
- Judicial Discretion in Sentencing in Criminal Cases (Floridians for Redeemable People)
- Jury Recommendation for Certain Sentences in Criminal Cases (Floridians for Redeemable People)
- Limits or Prevents Barriers to Local Solar Electricity Supply (Floridians for Solar Choice, Inc.)
- Mandatory Consideration of Legislative Bills (Floridians for Redeemable People)
- Minimum Wage Shall Not Be Less Than Ten Dollars an Hour (League of Voters, Extraordinaire)
- Offender Reintegration Program (Floridians for Redeemable People)
- Prayer Back in Schools (Write the Vision PC)
- Protect Voters’ Constitutional Power (Florida Constitutional Amendment Network)
- Provide Medicaid Coverage to Eligible Low-Income Adults (Florida Decides Healthcare, Inc.)
- Right to Clean and Healthy Waters (FloridaRighttoCleanWater.org)
- The Comprehensive Voting Rights Protection Act of Florida (Floridians for Redeemable People)
In addition, some 200,000 petitions were discarded on grounds they did not include the entire text of the constitutional amendment, according to the state.