Georgia Amendment 12, Chatham County Civil Service Boards Measure (1950)

Georgia Amendment 12
Election date November 7, 1950
Topic Civil service and Local government organization
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 12 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1950. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to grant governmental authorities of Chatham County to establish Civil Service Boards.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to grant governmental authorities of Chatham County to establish Civil Service Boards.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 12
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		54,115	68.22%
No		25,207	31.78%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 12 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of Amendment to Article II, Section I, of the Constitution of Georgia, by adding Paragraph 2-7810 thereto and authorizing the legislature to grant to the governing authorities of Chatham County authority to establish Civil Service Boards, whereby such County may establish a Civil Service System for the examination, employment, promotion, transferral, suspension, demotion, qualification, and for other purposes, and shall ratify any such authority heretofore undertaken to be granted by the General Assembly to such County. AGAINST ratification of Amendment to Article II, Section I, of the Constitution of Georgia, by adding Paragraph 2-7810 thereto and authorizing the legislature to grant to the governing authorities of Chatham County authority to establish Civil Service Boards, whereby such County may establish a Civil Service System for the examination, employment, promotion, transferral, suspension, demotion, qualification, and for other purposes, and shall ratify any such authority heretofore undertaken to be granted by the General Assembly to such County.

”

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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• 1950 legislative sessions

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