Georgia Amendment 11, Crisp County School Districts Measure (1952)

Georgia Amendment 11
Election date November 4, 1952
Topic Administrative organization and Public education governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 11 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 4, 1952. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the division of Crisp County into school districts and providing for the election of the members of the county Board of Education by the people and the appointment of the Superintendent by the Board.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the division of Crisp County into school districts and providing for the election of the members of the county Board of Education by the people and the appointment of the Superintendent by the Board.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 11
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		67,601	71.17%
No		27,385	28.83%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 11 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of amendment to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia as to provide that Crisp County shall be divided into divided into school districts and the members of the County Board of Education of Crisp County shall be elected by the qualified voters of said districts that the County School Superintendent shall be elected by the members of the County Board of Education. AGAINST ratification of amendment to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia as to provide that Crisp County shall be divided into divided into school districts and the members of the County Board of Education of Crisp County shall be elected by the qualified voters of said districts that the County School Superintendent shall be elected by the members of the County Board of Education.

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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

1952 Measures

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• Administrative organization on the ballot
• 1952 legislative sessions

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