Georgia Amendment 2, Debt for Educational Facilities Measure (1980)
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| Topic Public education funding and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 4, 1980. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing general obligation debt to build educational facilities, with a transfer of ownership to local school boards upon completion. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing general obligation debt to build educational facilities, with a transfer of ownership to local school boards upon completion. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 2 |
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551,884 | 53.44% | ||
| No | 480,798 | 46.56% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that general obligation debt may be incurred to provide educational facilities for county and independent school systems and to provide that, when the construction of such facilities has been completed, the title to such facilities shall be vested in the respective local boards of education? | ” |
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
Footnotes
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