Georgia Amendment 4, County Library System Measure (1982)
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| Topic County and municipal governance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 2, 1982. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to create countywide public library systems in counties with populations of 550,000 or more and transfer existing library facilities to these systems. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to create countywide public library systems in counties with populations of 550,000 or more and transfer existing library facilities to these systems. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 4 |
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375,412 | 52.03% | ||
| No | 346,083 | 47.97% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for the creation of a countywide public library system within all counties of this state having a population of 550,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1980 or any future such census and authorizing the General Assembly to transfer existing library facilities and systems of such county and of any municipality located wholly or partially within such county to the countywide public library system? | ” |
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
Footnotes
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