Georgia Amendment 3, Creation of Traffic Courts Amendment (1956)

Georgia Amendment 3
Election date November 6, 1956
Topic State judiciary
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 6, 1956. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the creation of traffic courts in certain cities by the General Assembly.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the creation of traffic courts in certain cities by the General Assembly.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		110,467	66.06%
No		56,762	33.94%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of amendment to Article VI, Section I, of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, authorizing the General Assembly to create traffic courts in and for certain cities. AGAINST ratification of amendment to Article VI, Section I, of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, authorizing the General Assembly to create traffic courts in and for certain cities.

”

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

1956 Measures

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• 1956 legislative sessions

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