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Does the GA state constitution require that the question of calling a constitutional convention be submitted..

Does the Georgia state constitution require that the question of calling a constitutional convention be submitted to the voters at regular intervals?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    No, it does not. A Constitutional Convention is called when there exists a proposed amendment that has been approved by two-thirds vote of the Georgia General Assembly, i.e., the Georgia Senate and House of Representatives. The approved proposal must then be advertised in newspapers for a period before the Convention meets.

    Article X, Section 1, Paragraph IV of the Georgia Constituion reads as follows:

    "Paragraph IV. Constitutional convention; how called.

    "No convention of the people shall be called by the General Assembly to amend this Constitution or to propose a new Constitution, unless by the concurrence of two-thirds of the members to which each house of the General Assembly is entitled. The representation in said convention shall be based on population as near as practicable. A proposal by the convention to amend this Constitution or for a new Constitution shall be advertised, submitted to, and ratified by the people in the same manner provided for advertisement, submission, and ratification of proposals to amend the Constitution by the General Assembly. The General Assembly is hereby authorized to provide the procedure by which a convention is to be called and under which such convention shall operate and for other matters relative to such constitutional convention."

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    there's a huge venture along with your plan, and that venture is area of the reason that a Constitutional convention has been concept a danger yet has in no way occurred with the aid of fact the form grow to be ratified. whether the states all voted to bypass in and reform some positive factors of the form, something ought to ensue at a Constitutional convention. each and every thing and something must be replaced at one--we went into the final Constitutional convention to "advance the Articles of Confederation" and walked out with "a republic--in case you could keep it." yet another venture is political--that if the electoral college have been on the reducing block at that convention, it may do away with the stranglehold the two substantial events have over US politics. (i could like to be sure that, however the Democrats and the Republicans can not stand the assumption--that's one element they agree on.) area of why we've in no way had a custom is that any time people prefer an modification or 2 badly adequate to start making it ensue, the events in Congress be sure it may be extra suitable to agree on that era or in spite of alternative modification is proposed than to enable a custom ensue, exchange each and every thing and lead them to lose administration. that's plenty less complicated for one party to tutor they're extra suitable than the different party than it rather is to tutor that they are extra suitable than each and all the applicants available--and because people over 30 understand that vote casting third party is like consciously vote casting for "not one of the above" and throwing out your vote, the main appropriate events could extremely keep the hot opposition powerless.

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