Floridians rejected the proposal to enshrine abortion into the state Constitution after they learned it would open the floodgates for taxpayer-funded abortion "at any time" and "for any reason," one pro-life advocate said.
The Florida Senate race was a highlight on the 2024 ballot, and Amendment 4 on abortion rights has drawn national attention.
(Reuters) - U.S. congressman Jared Moskowitz said on Friday he was informed by police of a potential plot on his life and that a suspect was arrested not far from the Democrat's Florida home with a rifle and a manifesto that included antisemitic rhetoric.
With 99 percent of votes tabulated, here's how Florida voters felt about six proposed amendments on the ballot.
A Florida International University poll taken a few weeks before Election Day found that 68% of Cuban American voters in Miami-Dade, which has the largest Hispanic community in the state, said they would vote for Trump, while 23% said they would vote for Harris and 5% were undecided.
Just under 11 million Floridians voted in this election, the highest percentage of registered voters in decades.
Florida voters failed to make abortion a constitutional right in the state despite a majority of Florida voters casting a ballot in favor of the amendment.
Democrats hoped the state was "in play," but Tuesday's results left them with more questions than answers after another crushing general election defeat.
Florida on Tuesday became the first state to reject an abortion rights amendment since Roe v. Wade was overturned, but backers of the measure decried that a minority of voters was able to prevail.
Florida’s abortion-rights ballot initiative fell short of passing on Tuesday, leaving in place a six-week abortion ban that has helped restrict access across almost all of the Southern U.S.
Here's a recap of each amendment that was on Floridian ballots, whether they passed or failed and what weed and abortion laws are like in Florida.