Georgia Amendment 23, Creation of Courts for Large Cities Measure (1968)

Georgia Amendment 23
Election date November 5, 1968
Topic State judiciary
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 23 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 create new courts for cities with populations over 300,000 inhabitants and define their jurisdiction.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the General Assembly to create new courts for cities with populations over 300,000 inhabitants and define their jurisdiction.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 23
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		412,414	61.79%
No		255,068	38.21%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 23 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly, in its discretion, to create a new court or system of courts in and for each city of this State having a population of more than 300,000 according to the United States Decennial Census of 1960, and any future such United States Census; and to provide jurisdiction of such court of system of courts?

”

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

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• 1968 legislative sessions

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