Georgia Amendment 9, Fulton County Approval of Debt Measure (August 1945)

Georgia Amendment 9
Election date August 7, 1945
Topic Administrative powers and rulemaking and Debt limits
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 9 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on August 7, 1945. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing Fulton County government officials to incur new debts if approved by two-thirds of voters in an election where the majority of qualified voters participate.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing Fulton County government officials to incur new debts if approved by two-thirds of voters in an election where the majority of qualified voters participate.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 9
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		34,720	65.56%
No		18,242	34.44%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 9 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 7, of the Constitution authorizing Fulton County, Fulton County Board of Education, Fulton County School District, Mayor and Council of the City of College Park, and any municipality or political subdivision wholly within Fulton County, to incur new debts upon the assent of two-thirds of qualified voters at election for such purposes, provided those voting at such election shall be a majority of qualified voters. AGAINST ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 7, of the Constitution authorizing Fulton County, Fulton County Board of Education, Fulton County School District, Mayor and Council of the City of College Park, and any municipality or political subdivision wholly within Fulton County, to incur new debts upon the assent of two-thirds of qualified voters at election for such purposes, provided those voting at such election shall be a majority of qualified voters.

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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.

See also

1945 Measures

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• Debt limits on the ballot
• 1945 legislative sessions

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