Georgia Amendment 10, Legislative Sessions Measure (August 1943)

Georgia Amendment 10
Election date August 3, 1943
Topic State legislative processes and sessions
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 10 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on August 3, 1943. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported abolishing split sessions of the legislature, and requiring that the General Assembly hold regular sessions biennially and limiting the session length to 70 days.

A "no" vote opposed abolishing split sessions of the legislature, and requiring that the General Assembly hold regular sessions biennially and limiting the session length to 70 days.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 10
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		43,715	77.15%
No		12,946	22.85%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 10 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of the Amendment to Article 3, Section 4, Paragraph 3, of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to provide for sessions of the General Assembly. AGAINST ratification of the Amendment to Article 3, Section 4, Paragraph 3, of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to provide for sessions of the General Assembly.

”

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

1943 Measures

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• 1943 legislative sessions

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