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Georgia Amendment 2, Fulton County Pension Measure (August 1945)
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| Topic Administrative powers and rulemaking and Public employee retirement funds |
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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 August 7, 1945. It was approved.
A "yes" votes supported authorizing the Legislature to pass laws allowing Fulton County to provide pensions to the surviving widows and minor children of county and county school employees. |
A "no" votes opposed authorizing the Legislature to pass laws allowing Fulton County to provide pensions to the surviving widows and minor children of county and county school employees. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 2 |
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34,505 | 63.72% | ||
| No | 19,650 | 36.28% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:
| “ | FOR ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 2, of Section 6, of Article 7, of the Constitution authorizing the Legislature to enact laws providing in Fulton County for the payment of pensions to surviving widows and minor children of County employees and of County school employees. AGAINST ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 2, of Section 6, of Article 7, of the Constitution authorizing the Legislature to enact laws providing in Fulton County for the payment of pensions to surviving widows and minor children of County employees and of County school employees. | ” |
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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