Georgia Amendment 18, Election of Judges Amendment (1966)

Georgia Amendment 18
Election date November 8, 1966
Topic State judicial selection
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 18 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 8, 1966. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported providing that superior court judges be elected only by the electors residing in the judge's circuit of service.

A "no" vote opposed providing that superior court judges be elected only by the electors residing in the judge's circuit of service.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 18
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		351,820	75.77%
No		112,482	24.23%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 18 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that superior court judges shall be elected only by the electors residing in the circuit in which the superior court judge is to serve?

”

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

1966 Measures

• 1966 Measures
• State judicial selection on the ballot
• 1966 legislative sessions

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