Georgia Amendment 14, Dawson County Board of Education Elections Measure (1950)

Georgia Amendment 14
Election date November 7, 1950
Topic Elections and campaigns and Public education governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 14 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1950. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing for the election of members of the Dawson County Board of Education.

A "no" vote opposed allowing for the election of members of the Dawson County Board of Education.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 14
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		50,211	69.98%
No		21,540	30.02%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 14 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of Amendment to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution providing for the election of the people of members of the Board of Education of Dawson County. AGAINST ratification of Amendment to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution providing for the election of the people of members of the Board of Education of Dawson 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

1950 Measures

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• Public education governance on the ballot
• Elections and campaigns on the ballot
• 1950 legislative sessions

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