Georgia Amendment 6, Bibb County Agencies and Officers Measure (1950)

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Georgia Amendment 6

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Election date

November 7, 1950

Topic
Local government organization
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Georgia Amendment 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1950. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported extending the Bibb County laws based on the 1940 census for its courts, agencies, tribunals and officers for the 1950 census.

A "no" vote opposed extending the Bibb County laws based on the 1940 census for its courts, agencies, tribunals and officers for the 1950 census.


Election results

Georgia Amendment 6

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

51,231 62.97%
No 30,125 37.03%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:

FOR ratification of the Amendment to Article 1, Section 4, Paragraph 1 of laws affecting Bibb County, its Courts, Agencies, Tribunals and Officers and Officers and Agents of either and all, which laws have been adopted since the Federal Census of 1940 and which have not been directly invalidated by an Appellate Court.

AGAINST ratification of the Amendment to Article 1, Section 4, Paragraph 1 of laws affecting Bibb County, its Courts, Agencies, Tribunals and Officers and Officers and Agents of either and all, which laws have been adopted since the Federal Census of 1940 and which have not been directly invalidated by an Appellate Court.


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.

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