Georgia Amendment 4, County Board of Education Loan Authority Measure (1950)

Georgia Amendment 4
Election date November 7, 1950
Topic Administrative powers and rulemaking and Public education funding
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1950. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing county Boards of Education to obtain loans.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing county Boards of Education to obtain loans.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		106,039	62.93%
No		62,473	37.07%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:

“

FOR Amendment to Paragraph 4, Section 7, of Article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia to include therein county boards of education as having authority to obtain the loans provided in said paragraph. AGAINST Amendment to Paragraph 4, Section 7, of Article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia to include therein county boards of education as having authority to obtain the loans provided in said paragraph.

”

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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• Public education funding on the ballot
• 1950 legislative sessions

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