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On November 5, 2002, Florida voters approved the amendment 52. 4 % to 47. 6 %.

The amendment failed to get a majority of the vote in any county except for Meek's home county of Miami-Dade along with neighboring Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Due to this amendment and other " close calls " involving high-speed rail and pregnant pigs, voters were motivated to require proposed amendments to gain 60 % of the statewide vote starting in 2006.