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House Resolution 251
By: Representatives New of the 40
th
, Efstration of the 104
th
, Hugley of the 141
st
, Burchett of
the 176
th
, Park of the 107
th
, and others
A RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that all probate judges shall be
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elected in nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to provide for submission of2
this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.3
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:4
SECTION 1.5
Article VI, Section VII of the Constitution is amended in Paragraph I by revising6
subparagraph (a) as follows:7
"(a) All superior court and state court judges shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis for8
a term of four years. All Justices of the Supreme Court and the Judges of the Court of9
Appeals shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis for a term of six years. The terms of all10
judges thus elected shall begin the next January 1 after their election. All probate judges
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shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis for terms as provided for in Article IX, Section I,12
Paragraph III. All other judges shall continue to be selected in the manner and for the term13
they were selected on June 30, 1983, until otherwise provided by local law."14
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SECTION 2.
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The above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as16
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot submitting the17
above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following:18
"( ) YES19
( ) NO 20
Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to require that all probate
court judges be elected in nonpartisan elections?"
All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote "Yes."
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All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote "No." If22
such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall23
become a part of the Constitution of this state.24
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