Georgia Amendment 8, Residence Requirements for Divorce Cases Measure (1990)

Georgia Amendment 8
Election date November 6, 1990
Topic Family-related policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 6, 1990. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing divorce cases to be tried in the county where the plaintiff resides if the defendant changes residency within six months from one Georgia county to another.

A "no" vote opposed allowing divorce cases to be tried in the county where the plaintiff resides if the defendant changes residency within six months from one Georgia county to another.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		744,997	66.47%
No		375,751	33.53%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that when a person becomes a defendant in a divorce case within six months after changing residency from one county in Georgia to another, the divorce may be tried in in the county in which the plaintiff resides?

”

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

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