1970 Florida Amendment 1

February 2026 February 2026 November 3, 1970 Florida 501,764 754,282 1256046 1970 Failed 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.Florida Amendment 1, Voting Qualifications Amendment (1970) https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Amendment_1,_Voting_Qualifications_Amendment_(1970) 2026-01-21 Ballotpedia en It was one of many ballot measures that year1970 ballot measures https://ballotpedia.org/1970_ballot_measures 2026-01-21 Ballotpedia en 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.The Twenty-sixth Amendment US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1951-2000/The-26th-Amendment/ 2026-01-21 history.house.gov en The amendment failed in most counties.https://archive.org/details/Tabulationofofficialvotescastinthegeneralelection1970/page/n13/mode/2up Tabulation of official votes cast in the general election (1970) Florida Secretary of State 1970 Internet Archive 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.Florida Constitutional Amendments of 1970 https://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/CRC/CRC-1998/conhist/1970amen.html 2026-01-21 library.law.fsu.edu See also 1970 United States ballot measures References collapsed Florida Amendment 1 Category:Florida ballot measures Category:November 1970 elections in the United States Category:1970 Florida elections