{"id":14279,"date":"2012-10-14T11:39:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T16:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=14279"},"modified":"2012-10-14T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T16:39:39","slug":"what-you-may-need-to-know-2012-proposed-constitutional-amendments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/10\/what-you-may-need-to-know-2012-proposed-constitutional-amendments\/","title":{"rendered":"What You May Need To Know: 2012 Proposed Constitutional Amendments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/what-you-may-need-to-know-2012-proposed-constitutional-amendments\/vote-button\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14280\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14280\" title=\"vote-button\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vote-button-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vote-button-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vote-button.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The following amendments will appear on the General Election ballot on November 6, 2012.\u00a0 The Collins Center\u2019s analysis of these\u00a0proposed constitutional amendments provides\u00a0explanations of the proposals along with arguments for and against them.<\/p>\n<p>The Mission of The Collins Center for Public Policy identifies, researches, frames and implements nonpartisan, creative and meaningful solutions to the toughest issues facing Florida and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Select each link below for more information on each proposed amendment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collinscenter.org\/2012flamendments\/amendment-1-health-care-services\/\">Amendment 1<\/a>\u00a0: Health Care Services<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collinscenter.org\/2012flamendments\/amendment-2-veterans-property-tax-discount\/\">Amendment 2:<\/a>\u00a0 Veteran\u2019s Property Tax Discount<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collinscenter.org\/2012flamendments\/amendment-3-state-revenue-limitation\/\">Amendment 3:<\/a>\u00a0 State Revenue Limitation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collinscenter.org\/2012flamendments\/amendment-4-property-tax-limitations-property-value-decline-reduction-for-non-homesteaded-assessment-increases-delay-of-scheduled-repeal\/\">Amendment 4:<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Property tax limitations; property value decline; reduction for non-homesteaded assessment increases; delay of scheduled repeal<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collinscenter.org\/2012flamendments\/amendment-5\/\">Amendment 5<\/a>: \u00a0State Courts<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collinscenter.org\/2012flamendments\/amendment-6-prohibition-on-public-funding-of-abortions-construction-of-abortion-rights\/\">Amendment 6<\/a>:\u00a0 Prohibition on Public Funding of Abortions; Construction of Abortion Rights<\/p>\n<p>Amendment 7: \u00a0\u00a0This proposal was known as Amendment 7 until a legal challenge by opponents led to the rewriting of some of the ballot language and its reinstatement on the ballot as Amendment 8. This is the reason there is no Amendment 7 on the 2012 ballot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collinscenter.org\/2012flamendments\/amendment-8-religious-freedom\/\">Amendment 8<\/a>:\u00a0 Religious Freedom<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Amendment 9\" href=\"http:\/\/collinscenter.org\/2012flamendments\/amendment-9-homestead-property-tax-exemption-for-surviving-spouse-of-military-veteran-or-first-responder\/\">Amendment 9<\/a>: \u00a0Homestead Property Tax Exemption for Surviving Spouse of Military Veteran or First Responder<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Amendment 10\" href=\"http:\/\/collinscenter.org\/2012flamendments\/amendment-10-tangible-personal-property-tax-exemption\/\">Amendment 10<\/a>: \u00a0Tangible Personal Property Tax Exemption<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Amendment 11\" href=\"http:\/\/collinscenter.org\/2012flamendments\/amendment-11-additional-homestead-exemption-low-income-seniors-who-maintain-long-term-residency-on-property-equal-to-assessed-value\/\">Amendment 11<\/a>: \u00a0Additional Homestead Exemption; Low-Income Seniors Who Maintain Long-Term Residency on Property; Equal to Assessed Value<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Amendment 12\" href=\"http:\/\/collinscenter.org\/2012flamendments\/amendment-12-appointment-of-student-body-president-to-board-of-governors-of-the-state-university-system\/\">Amendment 12<\/a>: \u00a0Appointment of Student Body President to Board of Governors of the State University System<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following amendments will appear on the General Election ballot on November 6, 2012.\u00a0 The Collins Center\u2019s analysis of these\u00a0proposed constitutional amendments provides\u00a0explanations of the proposals along with arguments for&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":14280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}