Florida High Speed Rail Initiative (2004)
From Ballotpedia
Florida Amendment 6, also known as the Repeal of High Speed Rail Amendment, was on the November 2, 2004 election ballot in Florida. It passed, with 63.7% of voters in favor.
- Yes: 4,519,423
- No: 2,573,280
It was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment.
Six citizen-initiated amendments were on the 2004 ballot; they were respectively the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th citizen-initiated measures to appear on a Florida statewide ballot.
Text of the proposal
The language that appeared on the ballot:
This amendment repeals an amendment in the Florida Constitution that requires the Legislature, the Cabinet and the Governor to proceed with the development and operation of a high speed ground transportation system by the state and/or by a private entity.
Campaign spending
$2,173,780 was spent on the campaign--all of it from the "yes" side through a group called the Derail the Bullet Train PAC.
The major donors to this group were:
- The Villages, $700,000
- Universal City Development Partners, $320,640
- Moving Florida, $277,000
- Anheuser-Busch, $250,000
- St. Joe Co., $50,000
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car, $50,000
- Lawrence DeGeorge, $50,000
- CSX Transportation, $50,000.[1]
