Georgia Amendment 7, Judicial Terms of Office Amendment (1956)

Georgia Amendment 7
Election date November 6, 1956
Topic State judiciary
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 6, 1956. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported fixing the terms of office for Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit.

A "no" vote opposed fixing the terms of office for Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 7
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		101,480	72.41%
No		38,668	27.59%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 7 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of the amendment to Article VI, Section III, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, fixing the terms of office of the Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. AGAINST ratification of the amendment to Article VI, Section III, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, fixing the terms of office of the Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit.

”

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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