Georgia Legislative Term Limits, Amendment 2 (1988)

## Contents

* 1 Election results
* 2 Text of measure
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

|  | Voting on
Term Limits

Ballot Measures
By state
By year
Not on ballot

* * *

State legislative
term limits

Gubernatorial
term limits
Lieutenant Governors
term limits
Secretaries of State
term limits
Attorneys General
term limits
State executive
term limits
| Local

Local term limits
Elections and campaigns
Local voting laws
Georgia Constitution

Preamble
Articles
I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI

The Georgia Legislative Term Limits Amendment, also known as Amendment 2, was on the ballot in Georgia on November 8, 1988, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The measure would have increased legislative terms of office from two to four years.[1]

## Election results[edit]

Georgia Amendment 2 (1988)

Result| Votes| Percentage
d No| 935,782| 62.55%
Yes| 560,321| 37.45%

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

## Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

| Shall the Constitution be amended so as to change the terms of office of members of the General Assembly from two years to four years beginning with the terms of office of the members of the General Assembly elected at the 1988 state-wide general election?[1][2]

## See also[edit]

| Suggest a link

|

* Georgia 1988 ballot measures
* 1988 ballot measures
* List of Georgia ballot measures

## External links[edit]

* Georgia's Official Register Supplement 1985-88

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 State of Georgia Department of Archives and History, "Georgia's Official Register Supplement 1985-88," accessed October 19, 2015
2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

v • e

1988 ballot measures

• Alabama 1988 ballot measures • Alaska 1988 ballot measures • Arizona 1988 ballot measures • Arkansas 1988 ballot measures • California 1988 ballot propositions • Colorado 1988 ballot measures • Florida 1988 ballot measures • Georgia 1988 ballot measures • Hawaii 1988 ballot measures • Idaho 1988 ballot measures • Illinois 1988 ballot measures • Indiana 1988 ballot measures • Iowa 1988 ballot measures • Kansas 1988 ballot measures • Kentucky 1988 ballot measures • Louisiana 1988 ballot measures • Maine 1988 ballot measures • Maryland 1988 ballot measures • Massachusetts 1988 ballot measures • Michigan 1988 ballot measures • Minnesota 1988 ballot measures • Missouri 1988 ballot measures • Montana 1988 ballot measures • Nebraska 1988 ballot measures • Nevada 1988 ballot measures • New Hampshire 1988 ballot measures • New Jersey 1988 ballot measures • New Mexico 1988 ballot measures • New York 1988 ballot measures • North Dakota 1988 ballot measures • Oklahoma 1988 ballot measures • Oregon 1988 ballot measures • Pennsylvania 1988 ballot measures • Rhode Island 1988 ballot measures • South Carolina 1988 ballot measures • South Dakota 1988 ballot measures • Texas 1988 ballot measures • Utah 1988 ballot measures • Washington 1988 ballot measures • West Virginia 1988 ballot measures • Wyoming 1988 ballot measures •

v • e

State of Georgia
Atlanta (capital)

|

Elections |

What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2024 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures

Government |

Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy