Georgia Amendment 13, Judges Emeritus on Atlanta Judicial Circuit Amendment (1958)

Georgia Amendment 13
Election date November 4, 1958
Topic State judicial authority
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 13 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 4, 1958. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported allowing judicial service by Judges Emeritus of the Superior Courts in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit.

A "no" vote opposed allowing judicial service by Judges Emeritus of the Superior Courts in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 13
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		37,122	40.47%
No		54,603	59.53%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 13 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of the amendment to Article VI, Section XIII, of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, relating to judicial service by Judges Emeritus of the Superior Courts Atlanta Judicial Circuit. AGAINST ratification of the amendment to Article VI, Section XIII, of the Constitution of 1945, relating to judicial service by Judges Emeritus of the Superior Courts Atlanta Judicial Circuit.

”

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.

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