Get ready, Florida voters,

because your 2018 ballots probably will be filled with an array of constitutional amendments to support or reject.

TALLAHASSEE — Floridians should prepare for a long list of constitutional amendments on their ballots in 2018.

That’s because the Florida Constitution Revision Commission, the membership of which is just taking shape, will meet this year and conduct listening tours throughout the state. The members will then propose changes to the state constitution that would go on the ballot.

To take effect, the changes would have to be approved by 60 percent of Florida voters.

Some of the amendments already being considered: changing how Florida draws its legislative districts, expanding school choice and making it easier for felons to regain voting rights.

Constitutional amendments supersede state law.

The commission meets every 20 years. It met in 1977-78, after its creation, and then again in 1997-98. The first commission proposed eight amendments to the constitution, while the next proposed nine.

Former state senator and representative Chris Smith of Fort Lauderdale, nominated to the commission by Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart, said, “My one and only priority is dealing with restoration of rights.”

In Florida, people found guilty of a felony lose the right to vote forever unless it is restored by a clemency board. In most states, felons regain the right to vote after serving their prison time and finishing probation and parole. Two states allow felons to vote while incarcerated.

Only Iowa and Kentucky have laws as harsh as Florida’s, and Florida’s system for rights restoration is in the constitution, requiring an amendment to change it.

Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O’Lakes, have suggested changes to the way districts are drawn.

Two amendments already in the constitution call for nonpartisan district lines, but courts ruled last summer that the Legislature’s congressional and state Senate districts illegally benefited Republicans.

Negron’s other nominees indicate some issues he would like to see tackled. “The appointees are strong advocates for school choice opportunities that celebrate the power of the parents to determine what form of education is best for their child,” he said in a statement.

The commission consists of 37 members — 15 appointed by Gov. Rick Scott, nine each by Negron and Corcoran, and three by Florida Supreme Court Justice Jorge LaBarga. The only guaranteed member is Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Negron and LaBarga have chosen their nominees, and Corcoran likely will announce his picks next week, said his spokesman, Fred Piccolo. Scott has no timeline, but he must decide before the legislative session begins March 7.

One person on Scott’s list who is a likely pick is Alan Becker of Southwest Ranches, a founder of the Becker and Poliakoff law firm and vice chairman of Enterprise Florida, the state economic development agency supported by the governor that is being targeted for extinction in the Florida House.

Voters’ opinion of past commissions’ changes has been mixed. None of the eight offered by the first commission were approved, but eight of the nine proposed by the 1997-98 commission were.But that was when a simple majority was needed to pass amendments instead of 60 percent.