Georgia Amendment 9, City of Blackshear Bonds Measure (June 1939)

Georgia Amendment 9
Election date June 6, 1939
Topic Bond issues and Local government finance and taxes
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 June 6, 1939. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the City of Blackshear to issue refunding bonds.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the City of Blackshear to issue refunding bonds.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 9
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		16,609	61.62%
No		10,345	38.38%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 9 was as follows:

“

For ratification of amendment of Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, authorizing the City of Blackshear to issue refunding bonds. Against ratification of amendment of Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, authorizing the City of Blackshear to issue refunding bonds.

”

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

1939 Measures

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• Bond issues on the ballot
• 1939 legislative sessions

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