Georgia Amendment 5, DeKalb County Judicial Salaries Measure (June 1939)

Georgia Amendment 5
Election date June 6, 1939
Topic Salaries of government officials and State judiciary
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on June 6, 1939. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the increase in salary of the DeKalb County circuit court judge.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the increase in salary of the DeKalb County circuit court judge.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		15,875	58.31%
No		11,352	41.69%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

For amendment to Paragraph one of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution, providing for additional compensation to be paid by DeKalb County, to the judges of the circuit to which it is a part. Against amendment to Paragraph one of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution, providing for additional compensation to be paid by DeKalb County, to the judges of the circuit to which it is a part.

”

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

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• 1939 legislative sessions

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