1970 Florida Amendment 1

1970 Florida Amendment 1

November 3, 1970
Outcome	Failed
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 501,764 39.95% No 754,282 60.05% Valid votes 1,256,046 100.00% Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00% Total votes 1,256,046 100.00%

On November 3, 1970, Florida held a ballot initiative in the form of a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment about lowering the voting age to 18 years old in Florida. This measure failed to pass. As part of the amendment one had to live in Florida for a year and live in their said county for 6 months to be able to vote. ^[1] It was one of many ballot measures that year ^[2] pertaining to lowering the voting age prior to the 26th Amendment of the United States Constitution passing in July 1971 setting the voting age to 18 years old nationally. ^[3] The amendment failed in most counties. ^[4]

Content

Section 2. Electors. Every citizen of the United States who is at least eighteen years of age and who has been a permanent resident for one year in the state and six months in a county, if registered as provided by law, shall be an elector of that county. Provisions may be made by law for other bona fide residents of the state who are at least eighteen years of age to vote in the election of presidential electors. ^[5]

See also

• 1970 United States ballot measures

References

1. "Florida Amendment 1, Voting Qualifications Amendment (1970)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
2. "1970 ballot measures". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
3. "The Twenty-sixth Amendment | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
4. Tabulation of official votes cast in the general election (1970). Florida Secretary of State. 1970 – via Internet Archive.
5. "Florida Constitutional Amendments of 1970". library.law.fsu.edu. Retrieved 2026-01-21.