Georgia Amendment 27, Fulton County Judicial Salaries Measure (1950)

Georgia Amendment 27
Election date November 7, 1950
Topic Salaries of government officials and State judiciary
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 27 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1950. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported requiring the Fulton County Board of County Commissioners to supplement the salaries of the judges of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit by $4,000 per year.

A "no" vote opposed requiring the Fulton County Board of County Commissioners to supplement the salaries of the judges of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit by $4,000 per year.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 27
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		40,974	54.29%
No		34,502	45.71%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 27 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 12, Article VI, of the Constitution, providing that the Board of County Commissioners of Fulton County shall supplement from said County's Treasury the salaries of each of the Judges of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit by the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000,000) per annum. AGAINST ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 12, Article VI, of the Constitution, providing that the Board of County Commissioners of Fulton County shall supplement from said County's Treasury the salaries of each of the Judges of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit by the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000,000) per annum.

”

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

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