Georgia Amendment 27, Atkinson County Refunding Bonds Measure (1952)

Georgia Amendment 27
Election date November 4, 1952
Topic Bond issues and Local government finance and taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 27 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 4, 1952. It was approved.

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

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

Election results

Georgia Amendment 27
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		44,054	72.27%
No		16,906	27.73%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 27 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of amendment to Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, so as to authorize Atkinson County to issue Refunding Bonds. AGAINST ratification of amendment to Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, so as to authorize Atkinson County to issue Refunding Bonds.

”

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

1952 Measures

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• Local government finance and taxes on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 1952 legislative sessions

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