Georgia Amendment 31, Hancock County Board of Education Elections Measure (1950)

Georgia Amendment 31
Election date November 7, 1950
Topic Elections and campaigns and Public education governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 31 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1950. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the election of members of the Hancock County Board of Education.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the election of members of the Hancock County Board of Education.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 31
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		45,826	70.40%
No		19,266	29.60%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 31 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of Amendment to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution providing for the election by the people of members of the Board of Education of Hancock County. AGAINST ratification of Amendment to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution providing for the election by the people of members of the Board of Education of Hancock County.

”

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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• Elections and campaigns on the ballot
• 1950 legislative sessions

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