Georgia Amendment 69, Legislative Sessions Measure (June 1941)

Georgia Amendment 69
Election date June 3, 1941
Topic State legislative processes and sessions
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 69 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on June 3, 1941. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported establishing an annual fifty day session of the General Assembly.

A "no" vote opposed establishing an annual fifty day session of the General Assembly.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 69
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		28,238	49.75%
No		28,519	50.25%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 69 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of the amendment to Article III, Section IV, Paragraph III of the Constitution of Georgia, providing an annual Fifty day regular session of the General Assembly. AGAINST ratification of the amendment to Article III, Section IV, Paragraph III of the Constitution of Georgia, providing an annual Fifty day regular session of the General Assembly.

”

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

1941 Measures

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• State legislative processes and sessions on the ballot
• 1941 legislative sessions

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