Georgia Amendment 5, Elections for State Executive Officials Measure (1968)

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

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

A "yes" vote supported establishing that the Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent, Comptroller General, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Commissioner of Labor are elected in the same manner as the Governor, and allow the Governor the authority to fill vacancies if an elected official dies or withdraws before taking office.

A "no" vote opposed establishing that the Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent, Comptroller General, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Commissioner of Labor are elected in the same manner as the Governor, and allow the Governor the authority to fill vacancies if an elected official dies or withdraws before taking office.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		549,289	75.32%
No		179,996	24.68%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that the Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent, Comptroller General, Treasurer Commissioner of Agriculture, and Commissioner of Labor shall be elected in the same manner as the Governor and the procedures relating to the election of the Governor shall apply to said officers and to provide that in the event of the death or withdrawal of any person elected to any such office prior to his taking office the Governor shall be authorized to fill such office?

”

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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