Georgia Amendment 8, Repeal of Local Amendments Amendment (1992)
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| Topic Ballot measure process and County and municipal governance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 3, 1992. It was approved.
A"yes" vote supported requiring local acts repealing constitutional amendments to be approved by a majority of voters in each affected subdivision. |
A"no" vote opposed requiring local acts repealing constitutional amendments to be approved by a majority of voters in each affected subdivision. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 8 |
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1,265,859 | 68.66% | ||
| No | 577,693 | 31.34% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to require that when local Acts of the General Assembly repeal constitutional amendments applicable to particular political subdivisions, each such local Act shall be conditioned for its effectiveness on approval by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon in each of the particular political subdivisions affected by the amendment? | ” |
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
Footnotes
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