Georgia Amendment 19, Cordele and Crisp School District Merger Amendment (1956)

Georgia Amendment 19
Election date November 6, 1956
Topic County and municipal governance and Public education governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 19 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 6, 1956. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported merging the City of Cordele's school system with the adjacent school district in Crisp County into one unified system.

A "no" vote opposed merging the City of Cordele's school system with the adjacent school district in Crisp County into one unified system.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 19
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		91,458	74.81%
No		30,792	25.19%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 19 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of amendment to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia, authorizing the General Assembly to pass a special Act or Acts to merge the existing school system of the City of Cordele and the existing school district in the County of Crisp living outside the corporate limits of said City, into one school district or system coextensive with the limits of said County. AGAINST ratification of amendment to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia, authorizing the General Assembly to pass a special Act or Acts to merge the existing school system of the City of Cordele and the existing school district in the County of Crisp living outside the corporate limits of said City, into one school district or system coextensive with the limits of said County.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

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

1956 Measures

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• 1956 legislative sessions

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