Georgia Amendment 20, Spalding County Board of Education Measure (August 1943)

Georgia Amendment 20
Election date August 3, 1943
Topic Public education governance
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 August 3, 1943. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing Spalding County to be divided into school districts, providing for the election of Board of Education members from those districts, and authorizing the Board to appoint a County School Superintendent.

A "no" vote opposed allowing Spalding County to be divided into school districts, providing for the election of Board of Education members from those districts, and authorizing the Board to appoint a County School Superintendent.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 20
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		42,239	80.80%
No		10,036	19.20%

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 11, Section 2, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to provide for the division of Spalding County into school districts and for the election of members of the County Board of Education from such districts, and to authorize the County Board of Education to appoint a Superintendent of the County School System; and for other purposes. AGAINST ratification of Amendment to Article 11, Section 2, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to provide for the division of Spalding County into school districts and for the election of members of the County Board of Education from such districts, and to authorize the County Board of Education to appoint a Superintendent of the County School System; and for other purposes.

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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

1943 Measures

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• Public education governance on the ballot
• 1943 legislative sessions

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