Amendment 1, Land Legacy Campaign Manager: Thanks for the Overwhelming Victory

Will Abberger, campaign manager for Florida's Water and Land Legacy, released a statement Tuesday night thanking voters for their resounding approval of Amendment 1.

The amendment that will provide a third of the state's doc stamp revenues to buy conservation land for the next 20 years needed 60 percent of the vote but received 74.72 percent, or 4,218,651 votes.

"This should send a clear message to the governor and Legislature that Florida voters overwhelmingly support increased state funding for water and land conservation, management, and restoration," said Abberger.

On behalf of our campaign, we especially want to thank each of the citizen volunteers from across the state who volunteered countless hours to raise awareness about the need to conserve Floridas water and land."

His statement also made the following points:

• Winning Amendment 1 would not have been possible without the support of millions of Floridians.
• More than 4,000 volunteers worked to gather signatures for our petition and to educate voters about Amendment 1.
• Over 400 diverse nonprofit and civic organizations and businesses endorsed Amendment 1, joining the campaign, endorsing Amendment 1.
• Nearly 1 million Florida voters signed petitions to place Amendment 1 on the ballot.
• More than 50,000 Floridians signed up to get involved in our Vote Yes on 1 campaign.
• More than 20 editorial endorsements from Florida's leading newspapers endorsing Amendment 1.
• "Over 50 respected elected officials at every level of government, Republican and Democrat alike, endorsed Amendment 1.
• Over 4,500 individuals contributed to our campaign.