Georgia Amendment 5, Regulation of Raffles Amendment (1994)

Georgia Amendment 5
Election date November 8, 1994
Topic Gambling policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 8, 1994. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing nonprofit organizations to hold raffles legally and providing for the regulation, restriction or prohibition of raffles by law.

A "no" vote opposed allowing nonprofit organizations to hold raffles legally and providing for the regulation, restriction or prohibition of raffles by law.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		850,785	64.03%
No		478,023	35.97%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that the holding of raffles by nonprofit organizations shall be lawful under the Constitution but may be restricted, regulated, or prohibited by law?

”

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

1994 Measures

• 1994 Measures
• Gambling policy on the ballot
• 1994 legislative sessions

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