Georgia Amendment 6, Pension Tax for Confederate Veterans and Widows Measure (1952)
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| Topic Public employee retirement funds and Veterans policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 4, 1952. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing the General Assembly to impose a tax to fund pension payments to ex-Confederate soldiers and their unmarried widows. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing the General Assembly to impose a tax to fund pension payments to ex-Confederate soldiers and their unmarried widows. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 6 |
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218,892 | 72.08% | ||
| No | 84,788 | 27.92% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:
| “ | FOR ratification of amendment to Article VII, Section II, Paragraph I, Subparagraph 5 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1945, so as to provide that the General Assembly may exercise the power of taxation for the purpose of making provision for the payment of pensions of ex-Confederate soldiers and to the widows of Confederate soldiers who are unmarried. AGAINST ratification of amendment to Article VII, Section II, Paragraph I, Subparagraph 5 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1945, so as to provide that the General Assembly may exercise the power of taxation for the purpose of making provision for the payment of pensions of ex-Confederate soldiers and to the widows of Confederate soldiers who are unmarried. | ” |
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
Footnotes
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