Georgia Amendment 9, Board of Officer Rehabilitation Measure (1976)

Georgia Amendment 9
Election date November 2, 1976
Topic Administration of government and Law enforcement
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 9 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 2, 1976. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported removing provisions relating to the Board of Corrections from the constitution and replace them with provisions relating to the Board of Offender Rehabilitation.

A "no" vote opposed removing provisions relating to the Board of Corrections from the constitution and replace them with provisions relating to the Board of Offender Rehabilitation.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 9
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		579,421	62.64%
No		345,546	37.36%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 9 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to delete therefrom the provisions pertaining to the Board of Corrections and substituting in lieu thereof a Board of Offender Rehabilitation?

”

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

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• Administration of government on the ballot
• Law enforcement on the ballot
• 1976 legislative sessions

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