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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: N2018- 7
Creator: Stanford, Karen A., 1941-
Title, Dates: Constitution Revision Commission photographs, 1978.
Amount: .10 cubic ft.
54 photographs
Medium Included: photographs
Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Biographical/Historical:     Karen A. Stanford (b. 1941) has resided in Tallahassee, Florida since 1969. In the 1970s, she was active with the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Florida. As Karen Minerva, she served as the League's Constitution Chair on the State Board and co-chaired its Constitution Revision campaign in 1978. During the 1978 meetings of the Constitution Revision Commission, Stanford attended as a lobbyist for the LWV. She also directed the League's legislative office in Tallahassee, staffing members who lobbied during legislative sessions and organizing annual LWV legislative seminars.

    The 1968 Constitution of Florida contains a continuous revision clause providing for the revision of the Constitution within the first ten years after approval, and a revision every twenty years thereafter (Article XI, Section 2). The Constitution specifies a 37-member commission to prepare revisions. The Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) of 1977-1978 addressed 257 proposed changes to the constitution. The CRC referred eight constitutional amendments to the ballot for the election in November, but voters rejected all eight of the amendments.
Summary:     This collection consists of photographs documenting the 1978 Constitution Revision Commission's deliberations and activity on the Florida Senate floor. Karen A. Stanford took the photos while attending the meetings as a lobbyist for the League of Women Voters of Florida. On the back of every photograph is identification of the individual(s) pictured.
Finding Aids: Folder listing available. 0
Additional Physical Form: Select images from this collection have been digitized and are available on the Florida Memory web site: https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
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Electronic Records Access: https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
Subject Access Fields: Constitution revisions.
Law reform Florida
Legislators Florida
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