Georgia Amendment 1, Suspension of Judges Measure (1984)

Georgia Amendment 1
Election date November 6, 1984
Topic Administration of government and State judiciary
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 6, 1984. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing a judge to be suspended from office upon a felony indictment and removed from office upon conviction.

A "no" vote opposed allowing a judge to be suspended from office upon a felony indictment and removed from office upon conviction.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,314,559	94.03%
No		83,497	5.97%

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 a judge may be suspended from office upon being indicted for a felony and may be removed from office upon being convicted of a felony by this state or by the United States and to provide for procedures and other matters relative thereto?

”

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

1984 Measures

• 1984 Measures
• Administration of government on the ballot
• State judiciary on the ballot
• 1984 legislative sessions

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• Georgia ballot measure laws

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