Georgia Amendment 7, Requirements of State Court Judges Amendment (2000)

Georgia Amendment 7
Election date November 7, 2000
Topic State judicial selection
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 7 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 2000. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported increasing the experience requirement for state court judges from five to seven years of being admitted to the practice of law.

A "no" vote opposed increasing the experience requirement for state court judges from five to seven years of being admitted to the practice of law.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 7
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,432,315	64.80%
No		778,108	35.20%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 7 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to increase from five years to seven years the time for which state court judges must have been admitted to the practice of law?

”

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.

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