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Georgia Establish Four-Year Terms for State Senators Amendment (2022)
| Georgia Establish Four-Year Terms for State Senators Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic State legislatures measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Georgia Establish Four-Year Terms for State Senators Amendment was not on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The ballot measure would have increased the term for state senators from two years to four years for terms that begin in January 2025.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question would have been as follows:[1]
| “ | Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide for four-year terms of office for members of the Senate of the General Assembly of Georgia?[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article IX, Georgia Constitution
The ballot measure would have amended Section 2, Paragraph V of Article III of the Georgia Constitution. The full text of the constitutional amendment is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Georgia Constitution
In Georgia, a constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote in both chambers of the Georgia State Legislature.
The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Georgia State Legislature as Senate Resolution 623 (SR 623). On March 15, 2022, the Georgia State Senate voted 49 to three, with four members not voting or absent The measure was not passed in the state House before the legislature adjourned its 2022 session on April 5, 2022..[1]
| Vote in the Georgia State Senate | |||
| Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 38  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 49 | 3 | 4 |
| Total percent | 87.5% | 5.4% | 7.1% |
| Democrat | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 28 | 3 | 3 |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Georgia State legislature, "SR 623," accessed March 17, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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