Georgia Amendment 15, Legislation Over Governor's Veto Amendment (1962)

Georgia Amendment 15
Election date November 6, 1962
Topic State executive official measures and State legislatures measures
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 15 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 6, 1962. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the General Assembly to enact legislation over the Governor's veto.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the General Assembly to enact legislation over the Governor's veto.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 15
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		119,084	62.51%
No		71,405	37.49%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 15 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of amendment to the Constitution as to provide for the General Assembly enacting legislation over the Governor’s veto.\ AGAINST ratification of amendment to the Constitution as to provide for the General Assembly enacting legislation over the Governor’s veto.

”

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

1962 Measures

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• State executive official measures on the ballot
• 1962 legislative sessions

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