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Georgia Amendment 2, Election of Local School Boards and Superintendents Amendment (1992)

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Georgia Amendment 2

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Election date

November 3, 1992

Topic
Local government organization and Public education governance
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment 		Origin

State legislature


Georgia Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 3, 1992. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported providing for the election of local school boards and appointment of superintendents by an elected board of education.

A "no" vote opposed providing for the election of local school boards and appointment of superintendents by an elected board of education.


Election results

Georgia Amendment 2

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

1,385,474 68.08%
No 649,617 31.92%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that local boards of education be elected, that local school superintendents be appointed by an elected board of education, and for the repeal of inconsistent provisions?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


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

1992 Measures

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