2016 Florida Amendment 1

Florida Amendment 1, whose full title is Rights of Electricity Consumers Regarding Solar Energy Choice, Amendment 1, is a 2016 constitutional amendment on solar energy in the U.S. state of Florida. It is supported by Consumers for Smart Solar and opposed by Floridians for Solar Choice. The amendment has been called misleading by opponents.^[1][2][3]

2016 Florida Amendment 1

Rights of Electricity Consumers Regarding Solar Energy Choice.
Outcome	Rejected (failed to attain 60% threshold)
Results
Choice Votes  % Yes 4,544,601 50.77% No 4,406,583 49.23% Valid votes 8,951,184 93.43% Invalid or blank votes 629,305 6.57% Total votes 9,580,489 100.00%
County results Yes   60–70%   50–60% No   50–60%   60–70%

Results

Although the amendment received a majority of the vote, it failed to receive the needed 60% supermajority support to pass, receiving only 50.77% of votes cast.^[4]

Amendment 1

Choice	Votes	%
No	4,418,788	49.2
Yes	4,560,682	50.8
Required majority	60
Total votes	8,979,470	100.00
Source: Florida Secretary of State[5]