Georgia Amendment 33, School District Merger Requirements Measure (1978)

Georgia Amendment 33
Election date November 7, 1978
Topic Public education governance
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 33 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1978. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported limiting the requirement for 51% voter approval in school district mergers to counties with a population of more than 600,000 based on the 1970 U.S. Census.

A "no" vote opposed limiting the requirement for 51% voter approval in school district mergers to counties with a population of more than 600,000 based on the 1970 U.S. Census.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 33
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		149,551	36.14%
No		264,272	63.86%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 33 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that the requirement that 51% of the registered voters in each county school district or independent school system concerned in a proposed merger thereof shall apply only in counties having a population of more than 600,000 according to the United States Decennial Census of 1970?

”

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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