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Note from the research pagesBusiness-backed budget watchdog. Yes on 1 and 2. No on 3, projecting $45.8B in lost local revenue over five years.

On this ballot

• Amendment 1: Budget Stabilization Fund
  Mark your ballot: Amendment 1: Budget Stabilization Fund

  YesNoCreative Loafing's pick

  Clear

  EditorialWhy Creative Loafing picks No

  • It would let the state's rainy-day fund grow from 10% to 25% of general revenue; Florida TaxWatch says reaching that could take 22 years.
  • The fund, created in 1992, is nearly full and hasn't been drawn on since 2008. Nothing needs fixing.
  • CL doesn't want to give Tallahassee more control over tax money, and notes Gov. DeSantis is also urging a No.

  Ray Roa, Creative Loafing voting guide 2026: Florida's Constitutional Amendments

• Amendment 2: Exemption of Tangible Personal Property on Agricultural Land from Taxation
  Mark your ballot: Amendment 2: Exemption of Tangible Personal Property on Agricultural Land from Taxation

  YesNoCreative Loafing's pick

  Clear

  EditorialWhy Creative Loafing picks No

  • It's a property-tax break for farm equipment, costing local governments roughly $31 million a year.
  • CL calls it a special-interest break that helps big agriculture most; small farms already pay less because every business's first $25,000 of equipment is exempt.
  • Lawmakers should find better ways to help small family farms and farmworkers.

  Ray Roa, Creative Loafing voting guide 2026: Florida's Constitutional Amendments

• Amendment 3: Increased Homestead Exemption; Lower Cap on Increases in Non-Homestead Property Assessments
  Mark your ballot: Amendment 3: Increased Homestead Exemption; Lower Cap on Increases in Non-Homestead Property Assessments

  YesNoCreative Loafing's pick

  Clear

  EditorialWhy Creative Loafing picks No

  • State economists estimate local governments would lose about $11.8 billion a year by 2031–32. Even police and firefighter unions urge a No.
  • It was rushed through a three-day special session, and a judge threw out the first ballot title and summary.
  • The Florida Realtors lobby has put millions behind it. CL calls it a distraction from property insurance, the real cost problem, and a hypocritical power grab that would leave cities begging Tallahassee for money.
  • CL notes that even some of the amendment's former champions now say they'll vote No.

  Ray Roa, Creative Loafing voting guide 2026: Florida's Constitutional Amendments

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