Georgia Amendment 20, Forsyth County Bonds Measure (1950)

Georgia Amendment 20
Election date November 7, 1950
Topic Bond issues and Local government finance and taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 20 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1950. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing Forsyth County to issue refunding bonds.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing Forsyth County to issue refunding bonds.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 20
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		49,908	67.49%
No		24,036	32.51%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 20 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of Amendment to Article VII, Secretary VII, Paragraph I, of the Constitution, so as to authorize Forsyth County to issue Refunding Bonds, and thereafter to operate on a cash basis, and for other purposes. AGAINST ratification of Amendment to Article VII, Secretary VII, Paragraph I, of the Constitution, so as to authorize Forsyth County to issue Refunding Bonds, and thereafter to operate on a cash basis, and for other purposes.

”

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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• 1950 legislative sessions

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