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Georgia Amendment 23, Presenting Bills and Overriding Vetoes Amendment (1972)

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Georgia Amendment 23

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Election date

November 7, 1972

Topic
Administration of government and State executive official measures
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment 		Origin

State legislature


Georgia Amendment 23 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1972. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported changing the procedure for presenting Bills and Resolutions to the Governor and overriding vetoes.

A "no" vote opposed changing the procedure for presenting Bills and Resolutions to the Governor and overriding vetoes.


Election results

Georgia Amendment 23

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 322,202 48.66%

Defeated No

339,979 51.34%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 23 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to change the procedure for presenting Bills and Resolutions to the Governor and for overriding Bills and Resolutions vetoed by the Governor?

”

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.

See also

1972 Measures

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