PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Floridians will vote on six constitutional Amendments on the November ballot, including questions about abortion and marijuana use. Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg separates facts from fiction, as she presents an explainer for Amendment 1.
Read the ballot text:
Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to require members of a district school board to be elected in a partisan election rather than a nonpartisan election and to specify that the amendment only applies to elections held on or after the November 2026 general election. However, partisan primary elections may occur before the 2026 general election for purposes of nominating political party candidates to that office for placement on the 2026 general election ballot. Read more here >
Read the facts
- Florida Rep. Spencer Roach sponsored the amendment
- It made the 2024 ballot on June 21, 2023
- School board elections in Florida were partisan until voters passed Amendment 11 in 1998
- If voters pass it, it will amend Article IX and Article XII of Florida’s constitution
- Floridians will be able to start voting on Oct. 21
- The deadline to submit mail-in ballot requests is 5 p.m., Oct. 24
- Voting yes on Amendment 1 means you want to make school board elections partisan, so parties nominate candidates and political affiliations are listed on the ballot.
- Voting no on Amendment 1 would keep school board elections nonpartisan