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Georgia Amendment 38, Wilcox County Bond Indebtedness Measure (June 1941)
| Georgia Amendment 38 | |
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| Topic Bond issues and Local government finance and taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 38 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on June 3, 1941. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing Wilcox County to incur bonded indebtedness. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing Wilcox County to incur bonded indebtedness. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 38 |
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18,894 | 68.81% | ||
| No | 8,566 | 31.19% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 38 was as follows:
| “ | FOR ratification of amendment to Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, so as to authorize the County of Wilcox to incur a bonded indebtedness in addition to that heretofore authorized. AGAINST ratification of amendment to Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, so as to authorize the County of Wilcox to incur a bonded indebtedness in addition to that heretofore authorized. | ” |
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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