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Georgia Amendment 2 (1998)

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Georgia Constitution
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PreambleIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXI
Georgia Amendment 2, also known as the Specifying Education Purposes For Lottery Proceeds Act, was on the November 3, 1998 election ballot in Georgia as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved, with 50.6% of voters in favor.Approveda

Election results

Amendment 2
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes 814,815 50.6%
No796,06549.4%

Text of measure

The language that appeared on the ballot:

Proposes to amend the Constitution to limit the educational purposes and programs for which lottery proceeds may be appropriated and expended and to specify that scholarships, pre-kindergarten programs, and shortfall reserves shall receive priority over teacher technology training and capital outlay projects for educational facilities.

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