Georgia Amendment 2, Education Taxes for Redevelopment Measure (2008)

Georgia Amendment 2
Election date November 4, 2008
Topic Public education funding and Public education governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 4, 2008. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing community redevelopment and allowing counties, municipalities, and local boards of education to use tax funds for redevelopment purposes and programs.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing community redevelopment and allowing counties, municipalities, and local boards of education to use tax funds for redevelopment purposes and programs.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,868,112	51.54%
No		1,756,809	48.46%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize community redevelopment and authorize counties, municipalities, and local boards of education to use tax funds for redevelopment purposes and programs?

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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

2008 Measures

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• Taxes on the ballot
• Public education governance on the ballot
• 2008 legislative sessions

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