Georgia Amendment 26, Fulton County and City of Atlanta Promotion Measure (August 1943)
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| Topic Local government finance and taxes and Public economic investment policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Georgia Amendment 26 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on August 3, 1943. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing Fulton County and the City of Atlanta to advertise and promote their agricultural, industrial, historic, recreational, and natural resources and assets. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing Fulton County and the City of Atlanta to advertise and promote their agricultural, industrial, historic, recreational, and natural resources and assets. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 26 |
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42,355 | 80.19% | ||
| No | 10,463 | 19.81% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 26 was as follows:
| “ | FOR ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 6, Article 7, of the Constitution by providing for advertising and promoting the agricultural, industrial, historic, recreational and natural resources, facilities and assets of Fulton County and City of Atlanta. AGAINST ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 6, Article 7, of the Constitution by providing for advertising and promoting the agricultural, industrial, historic, recreational and natural resources, facilities and assets of Fulton County and City of Atlanta. | ” |
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.
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