Georgia Amendment 28, Glynn County Reorganization of Justice Courts Measure (August 1943)

Georgia Amendment 28
Election date August 3, 1943
Topic Administrative organization and Administrative powers and rulemaking
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 28 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on August 3, 1943. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to abolish Justice Courts in Glynn County and to create new courts or transfer their functions to existing courts as deemed necessary.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to abolish Justice Courts in Glynn County and to create new courts or transfer their functions to existing courts as deemed necessary.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 28
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		43,796	80.33%
No		10,727	19.67%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 28 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of Amendment to Article 6, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to abolish Justice Courts in Glenn County and to create such new courts or system of courts as the General Assembly may, in its discretion, deem necessary or transfer their function to an existing court. AGAINST ratification of Amendment to Article 6, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to abolish Justice Courts in Glenn County and to create such new courts or system of courts as the General Assembly may, in its discretion, deem necessary or transfer their function to an existing court.

”

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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