Georgia Suspension of Judges, Amendment 4 (1986)

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The Georgia Suspension of Judges Amendment, also known as Amendment 4, was on the ballot in Georgia on November 4, 1986, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The measure provided that suspended judges not receive any compensation after an initial conviction, but that if a conviction is overturned and a judge is reinstated, he or she is entitled to any compensation that had been withheld.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 4 (1986)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		754,351	85.17%
No		131,347	14.83%

Election results via: Georgia's Official Register Supplement 1985-88

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

Shell the Constitution be amended so as to provide that a judge who is suspended from office shall not receive any compensation after the initial conviction and to provide that if the judge is reinstated to office, he shall be entitled to receive any compensation withheld and to provide that after the initial conviction of a judge for any felony in a trial court of this state or the United States, regardless of whether the judge has been previously suspended, such judge shall be immediately and without further action suspended from office and to provide that such judge shall not be entitled to receive any compensation during such suspension and to provide that if such conviction is overturned the judge shall be reinstated to office and shall receive any compensation withheld and to provide for a replacement judge and the filling of a vacancy and to provide for applicability?

See also

Suggest a link

• Georgia 1986 ballot measures
• 1986 ballot measures
• List of Georgia ballot measures

External links

• Georgia's Official Register Supplement 1985-88