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| Sen. Aaron Bean |
“Proposal calls for elected Secretary of State” via the News Service of Florida – A proposal to make the secretary of state an elected Cabinet position, eliminating the governor's power to appoint Florida's highest elections official, has returned in the Senate. Sen. Aaron Bean filed a proposed constitutional amendment (SJR 506) that would undo a change approved by voters in 1998 that reduced the size of the Cabinet to three members. As a result of the 1998 ballot measure, the positions of secretary of state and education commissioner became appointed in 2002, and the Cabinet posts of comptroller and treasurer were eliminated. To get on the 2018 ballot, Bean's proposal would have to be approved by three-fifths of both legislative chambers and would ultimately need approval from 60 percent of voters.
One might wonder if Republicans are reading the tea leaves and know that their majority is about to collapse, and now they want to dilute the power of Florida's Governor.
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