Georgia Amendment 20, Coastal Highway District Continuation Measure (June 1939)

Georgia Amendment 20
Election date June 6, 1939
Topic Highways and bridges and Local government organization
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 20 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on June 6, 1939. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the continuation of the Coastal Highway District as a corporate and political body comprising six counties and permitting the issuance of bonds for paving and related purposes.

A "no" vote opposed the continuation of the Coastal Highway District as a corporate and political body comprising six counties and permitting the issuance of bonds for paving and related purposes.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 20
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		17,079	60.25%
No		11,270	39.75%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 20 was as follows:

“

For ratification to Article Seven (7) Section Seven (7) Paragraph (1) of the Constitution, authorizing the continuance of the Coastal Highway District as a body corporate and politic, composed of the Counties of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden and to authorize the issuance of bonds by said district for paving and other incidental purposes. Against ratification to Article Seven (7) Section Seven (7) Paragraph (1) of the Constitution, authorizing the continuance of the Coastal Highway District as a body corporate and politic, composed of the Counties of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden and to authorize the issuance of bonds by said district for paving and other incidental purposes.

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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

1939 Measures

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• Highways and bridges on the ballot
• 1939 legislative sessions

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