Georgia State Flag Referendum (March 2004)

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Georgia State Flag Referendum
Flag of Georgia.png
Election date
March 2, 2004
Topic
Motto and symbols
Type
Advisory question

The Georgia State Flag Referendum was on the ballot as an advisory question in Georgia on March 2, 2004. Voters selected the new state flag, which the legislature had adopted in late 2003, in the non-binding election.

The vote was 73.14% for the new state flag and 26.86% for the old state flag, which was adopted in 2001. From 1956 to 2001, the state flag featured part of the Confederate Army battle flag. From 2001 to 2003, the state flag was changed to reduce the battle flag to a single emblem among the state’s other historic flags. The voter-preferred flag features the ‘Stars and Bars’ of the Confederate National Flag, along with the state seal and the phrase ‘In God We Trust.’

Election results

Georgia State Flag Referendum (March 2004)
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda 2003 Flag 577,320 73.14%
Defeatedd 2001 Flag 211,992 26.86%
Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title was as follows:[1]

Should the State of Georgia keep the 2003 Flag adopted at the 2003 Session of the General Assembly or return to the 2001 Flag adopted at the 2001 Session of the General Assembly?

Flag of Georgia.png

2003 Flag

GeorgiaStateFlag2001.png

2001 Flag

[2]

Path to the ballot

The Georgia State Legislature passed House Bill 380 (HB 380), which referred the state flag referendum to the ballot.[3] Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) signed the bill and issued an executive order requiring the new state flag to be displayed.[4]

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