Georgia Amendment 12, DeKalb County Tax Measure (August 1945)

Georgia Amendment 12
Election date August 7, 1945
Topic Property taxes
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 August 7, 1945. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing DeKalb County to levy and collect additional taxes in former local school districts.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing DeKalb County to levy and collect additional taxes in former local school districts.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 12
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		33,996	64.74%
No		18,514	35.26%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 12 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of the amendment authorizing the levy and collection of additional taxes by DeKalb County in former local school districts. AGAINST ratification of the amendment authorizing the levy and collection of additional taxes by DeKalb County in former local school districts.

”

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

1945 Measures

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• 1945 legislative sessions

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