Georgia Amendment 2, Gubernatorial Veto Amendment (1970)

Georgia Amendment 2
Election date November 3, 1970
Topic State executive official measures
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 3, 1970. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported changing the manner of approval or veto of bills and resolutions by the Governor and the procedure for overriding vetoes.

A "no" vote opposed changing the manner of approval or veto of bills and resolutions by the Governor and the procedure for overriding vetoes.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		253,993	43.61%
No		328,370	56.39%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to change the manner in which bills and resolutions are approved or vetoed by the Governor and to change the procedure for overriding bills and resolutions vetoed by the Governor?

”

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

1970 Measures

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• 1970 legislative sessions

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