Georgia Amendment 24, Voting Residency Requirements Amendment (1972)

Georgia Amendment 24
Election date November 7, 1972
Topic Residency voting requirements
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 24 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1972. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the General Assembly to set residence requirements for voting, with at least 30 days of residence required.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the General Assembly to set residence requirements for voting, with at least 30 days of residence required.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 24
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		459,566	66.74%
No		229,051	33.26%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 24 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended to allow the General Assembly to establish the residence requirements to vote, so long as at least 30 days' residence is required?

”

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

1972 Measures

• 1972 Measures
• Residency voting requirements on the ballot
• 1972 legislative sessions

Georgia

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• Georgia ballot measure laws

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