Georgia Amendment 7, Taxes for Education Measure (1926)

Georgia Amendment 7
Election date November 2, 1926
Topic Public education funding and Taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 7 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 2, 1926. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing taxes for education in counties with cities with populations higher than 200,000.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing taxes for education in counties with cities with populations higher than 200,000.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 7
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		27,122	82.91%
No		5,591	17.09%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 7 was as follows:

“

For the constitutional amendment authorizing taxation for educational purposes in counties having cities of more than 200,000 population wholly or partly within their boundaries. Against the constitutional amendment authorizing taxation for educational purposes in counties having cities of more than 200,000 population wholly or partly within their boundaries.

”

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

1926 Measures

• 1926 Measures
• Public education funding on the ballot
• Taxes on the ballot
• 1926 legislative sessions

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• Georgia ballot measure laws

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