Georgia Amendment 6, Consolidation of School Districts Measure (1932)

Georgia Amendment 6
Election date November 8, 1932
Topic Debt limits and Public education governance
Status Approved
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 8, 1932. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported consolidating local school districts and assuming the bonded indebtedness of consolidated district.

A "no" vote opposed consolidating local school districts and assuming the bonded indebtedness of consolidated district.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 6
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		97,270	70.16%
No		41,361	29.84%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8, of the Constitution providing for consolidation of local school districts where bonds have been voted. AGAINST ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8, of the Constitution providing for consolidation of local school districts where bonds have been voted.

”

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

1932 Measures

• 1932 Measures
• Public education governance on the ballot
• Debt limits on the ballot
• 1932 legislative sessions

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• Georgia ballot measure laws

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