Georgia Amendment 2, State Supreme Court Jurisdiction Measure (2004)

Georgia Amendment 2
Election date November 2, 2004
Topic State judicial authority
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 2, 2004. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the Supreme Court to have jurisdiction and authority to answer questions from any state appellate or federal district or appellate court.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the Supreme Court to have jurisdiction and authority to answer questions from any state appellate or federal district or appellate court.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		2,064,793	68.97%
No		929,129	31.03%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that the Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction and authority to answer questions of law from any state appellate or federal district or appellate court?

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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

2004 Measures

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• 2004 legislative sessions

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