Georgia Amendment 25, Board of Pardons and Paroles Procedures Measure (1976)

Georgia Amendment 25
Election date November 2, 1976
Topic Corrections governance and Parole policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 25 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 2, 1976. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported establishing rules for filling vacancies on the State Board of Pardons and Paroles and imposes minimum prison terms before eligibility for pardon or parole.

A "no" vote opposed establishing rules for filling vacancies on the State Board of Pardons and Paroles and imposes minimum prison terms before eligibility for pardon or parole.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 25
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		728,440	76.73%
No		220,912	23.27%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 25 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that appointments to fill vacancies occurring on the State Board of Pardons and Paroles for any reason other than the expiration of terms of office shall be filled for the unexpired term, and to provide that when a sentence of death is commuted to life imprisonment, the Board shall not have the authority to grant a pardon to the convicted person until such person has served at least twenty-five years in the penitentiary and that such person shall not become eligible for parole at any time prior to serving at least twenty-five years in the penitentiary; and to provide that the Board shall not have the authority to consider a person convicted of armed robbery for pardon or parole until such person has served at least five years in the penitentiary?

”

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

1976 Measures

• 1976 Measures
• Parole policy on the ballot
• Corrections governance on the ballot
• 1976 legislative sessions

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