Georgia Amendment 6, Regulation of Alcohol Sales Amendment (1994)
| Georgia Amendment 6 | |
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| Topic Alcohol laws and Business regulations |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 8, 1994. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing local regulation of alcohol and nudity-related activities and providing the state full authority to regulate alcohol under the Twenty-First Amendment. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing local regulation of alcohol and nudity-related activities and providing the state full authority to regulate alcohol under the Twenty-First Amendment. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 6 |
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875,260 | 64.62% | ||
| No | 479,295 | 35.38% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution of the State of Georgia be amended so that alcoholic beverages and activities involving nudity and alcoholic beverages, such as in nude dance clubs, may be regulated, restricted, or prohibited by counties and municipalities and so that the state shall have full and complete authority to regulate alcoholic beverages under the powers granted by the Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution? | ” |
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
Footnotes
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