Georgia Amendment 27, Donation of Books Measure (1976)

Georgia Amendment 27
Election date November 2, 1976
Topic Public education governance
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 2, 1976. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to donate of surplus State-owned books to nonprofit civic, educational or charitable organizations.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to donate of surplus State-owned books to nonprofit civic, educational or charitable organizations.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 27
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		760,475	79.91%
No		191,242	20.09%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 27 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to permit the donation or gift of surplus State-owned books to nonprofit civic, educational or charitable organizations?

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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

1976 Measures

• 1976 Measures
• Public education governance on the ballot
• 1976 legislative sessions

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