Georgia Amendment 8, Federal and State Voting Requirements Amendment (1966)

Georgia Amendment 8
Election date November 8, 1966
Topic Residency voting requirements
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 8, 1966. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the General Assembly to set different residence requirements for voting in national and state elections.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the General Assembly to set different residence requirements for voting in national and state elections.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		262,009	58.73%
No		184,113	41.27%

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 allow the General Assembly to set different residence requirements for persons to be eligible to vote in national elections and State elections?

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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

1966 Measures

• 1966 Measures
• Residency voting requirements on the ballot
• 1966 legislative sessions

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• Georgia ballot measure laws

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