Georgia Amendment 8, Civil Service Regulations for Veterans Measure (August 1943)

Georgia Amendment 8
Election date August 3, 1943
Topic Civil service and Veterans policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on August 3, 1943. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported requiring that neither the State nor any political subdivision can implement a civil service system without providing equal preferences to honorably discharged veterans, as required by federal law.

A "no" vote opposed requiring that neither the State nor any political subdivision can implement a civil service system without providing equal preferences to honorably discharged veterans, as required by federal law.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		46,957	78.84%
No		12,602	21.16%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of Amendment of Article 3, Section 7, of the Constitution of Georgia by adding thereto a new paragraph to be known as Paragraph 26 so as to provide that neither the State of Georgia, nor any political sub-division thereof, shall inaugurate or maintain any civil service scheme of any nature which fails to provide for honorably discharged veterans of any war, and that said State of Georgia, or any political sub-division shall, if a civil service scheme is originated or is already in force, provide equal preferences accorded to such veterans as now exist under Federal Civil Service Laws. AGAINST ratification of Amendment of Article 3, Section 7, of the Constitution of Georgia by adding thereto a new paragraph to be known as Paragraph 26 so as to provide that neither the State of Georgia, nor any political sub-division thereof, shall inaugurate or maintain any civil service scheme of any nature which fails to provide for honorably discharged veterans of any war, and that said State of Georgia, or any political sub-division shall, if a civil service scheme is originated or is already in force, provide equal preferences accorded to such veterans as now exist under Federal Civil Service Laws.

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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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