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Georgia Amendment 3, Compensation for Innocent Victims of Crime Measure (1988)
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| Topic Law enforcement and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Georgia Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 8, 1988. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to create a law for compensating innocent crime victims and allocate or appropriate funds for a continuing compensation program. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to create a law for compensating innocent crime victims and allocate or appropriate funds for a continuing compensation program. |
Election results
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840,266 | 57.59% | ||
| No | 618,716 | 42.41% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for compensating innocent victims of crime and to authorize the General Assembly to allocate certain funds, to appropriate funds, to provide for a continuing fund, or to provide for any combination thereof for such purpose? | ” |
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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