Georgia Amendment 25, City of Macon Defense Debt Measure (June 1941)

Georgia Amendment 25
Election date June 3, 1941
Topic Defense-related funding and Local government finance and taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 25 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on June 3, 1941. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the City of Macon to incur debt for defense.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the City of Macon to incur debt for defense.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 25
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		20,754	71.69%
No		8,197	28.31%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 25 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of amendment of Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, authorizing the City of Macon to issue notes or debt certificates for participation in local, State, or National defense. AGAINST ratification of amendment of Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, authorizing the City of Macon to issue notes or debt certificates for participation in local, State, or National defense.

”

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

1941 Measures

• 1941 Measures
• Local government finance and taxes on the ballot
• Defense-related funding on the ballot
• 1941 legislative sessions

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