Georgia Amendment 11, Required Referendum for Municipal Redevelopment Powers Measure (1984)

Georgia Amendment 11
Election date November 6, 1984
Topic County and municipal governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 11 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 6, 1984. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported requiring a local law that authorized the exercise of additional municipal redevelopment powers be approved by a majority of vote referendum in the municipalities affected.

A "no" vote opposed requiring a local law that authorized the exercise of additional municipal redevelopment powers be approved by a majority of vote referendum in the municipalities affected.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 11
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		828,352	71.82%
No		324,986	28.18%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 11 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to require that a local law which authorizes the exercise of additional redevelopment powers by counties and municipalities be approved in a referendum by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon in the county or municipality affected?

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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

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