Georgia Amendment 1, Amendment Effective Date Measure (1970)

Georgia Amendment 1
Election date November 3, 1970
Topic Administration of government and Constitutional wording changes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 3, 1970. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported providing that constitutional amendments become effective on the first day of January following their ratification, unless stated otherwise.

A "no" vote opposed providing that constitutional amendments become effective on the first day of January following their ratification, unless stated otherwise.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		448,514	74.11%
No		156,708	25.89%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that, unless otherwise provided by the amendment, an amendment to the Constitution shall become effective on the first day of January following its ratification?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Georgia Constitution

A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Georgia State Legislature to place an amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 120 votes in the Georgia House of Representatives and 38 votes in the Georgia State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1970 Measures

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• Constitutional wording changes on the ballot
• 1970 legislative sessions

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