Georgia Amendment 6, Election of County Boards of Education Amendment (1966)

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Georgia Amendment 6

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Election date

November 8, 1966

Topic
County and municipal governance and Public education governance
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 8, 1966. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing changes to the election and appointment process for county school boards and superintendents, including term lengths, qualifications, and compensation.

A "no" vote opposed allowing changes to the election and appointment process for county school boards and superintendents, including term lengths, qualifications, and compensation.


Election results

Georgia Amendment 6

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

309,983 69.14%
No 138,368 30.86%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide a method whereby the manner of electing or appointing members of county boards of education and county school superintendents, their term of office, residence requirements, method of filling vacancies, and the number of members on county boards, may be changed by local or special law and local referendum thereon, and their qualifications, powers, duties and compensation be as provided by law?

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


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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