Even in the old world of the Florida Constitution, Amendment 8 would have failed. It would have given counties the right to ask voters if they wanted to raise the sales' tax to support the local community college.
It didn't impose the tax — but only gave the option to have it. Under the new requirements, an amendment to the constitution requires 60 percent of the vote to pass. Amendment 8 mustered only 43.5 percent of the vote.
The local sales' tax could be imposed for five years, with voter approval needed for a five-year extension after that.
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