Georgia Amendment 17, Legislative Authority for Constitutional Proposals Measure (1968)

Georgia Amendment 17
Election date November 5, 1968
Topic State legislatures measures
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 17 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 5, 1968. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the General Assembly to propose a new Constitution or amendments for ratification without being subject to the Governor's veto.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the General Assembly to propose a new Constitution or amendments for ratification without being subject to the Governor's veto.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 17
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		396,651	57.39%
No		294,546	42.61%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 17 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that the General Assembly may submit for ratification proposals to provide for a new Constitution as well as to submit proposed amendments to the Constitution and to provide that such proposals may not be vetoed by the Governor?

”

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

1968 Measures

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• 1968 legislative sessions

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