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Ron DeSantis: “You need 60% of each house to place it on the ballot, and…”

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Governor DeSantis Signs Legislation to Protect Florida's Coastlines

Published | Video Starts at 35:16

Yeah, technically, if you had three quarters of the legislature, you could do a special election. We don't have three quarters of the legislature that would vote for this. So You need 60% of each house to place it on the ballot, and you need 60% of the electorate to ratify that in November. If I. If I had the ability to do three quarters of the legislature and they could set up an election to coincide with a primary or even a special, I would do it 100%. (35:16–35:25)

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Asserts the requirement of 60% approval in both legislative houses and by the electorate for ballot measures.

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