Georgia Amendment 8, Revenue Bonds for Student Loans Measure (1968)

Georgia Amendment 8
Election date November 5, 1968
Topic Bond issues and Higher education funding
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 November 5, 1968. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to enact laws allowing the issuance of revenue bonds to provide direct student loans for education beyond the twelfth grade.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to enact laws allowing the issuance of revenue bonds to provide direct student loans for education beyond the twelfth grade.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		461,108	62.73%
No		273,969	37.27%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for the issuance of revenue bonds for the purpose of making direct loans to students in order to allow such students to acquire an education beyond the twelfth grade?

”

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

1968 Measures

• 1968 Measures
• Higher education funding on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 1968 legislative sessions

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• Georgia ballot measure laws

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