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Florida voters narrowly reject abortion rights measure (www.bbc.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

**Overwhelmingly approved but failed due to stupid state rules designed to not allow change.

Fixed that title for you.

[โ€“] Hugin 1 points 3 weeks ago

The 60% requirement was a constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2006. It didn't get 60% of the vote but only needed to beat 50% because it wasn't in force at the time.