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Georgia Amendment 3, Removal of Incapacitated Executive Officers (1976)

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Georgia Amendment 3

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Election date

November 2, 1976

Topic
State executive official measures
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Georgia Amendment 3 was on theballot as alegislatively referred constitutional amendment inGeorgia onNovember 2, 1976. It wasapproved.

A "yes" votesupported allowing the removal of incapacitated executive officers.

A "no" voteopposed allowing the removal of incapacitated executive officers.


Election results

Georgia Amendment 3

ResultVotesPercentage

ApprovedYes

816,81478.61%
No222,23521.39%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide for the removal of disabled Executive Officers?


Path to the ballot

See also:Amending the Georgia Constitution

Atwo-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for theGeorgia State Legislature to place an amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 120 votes in theGeorgia House of Representatives and 38 votes in theGeorgia State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

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