List of Georgia ballot measures

This page provides a list of ballot measures that have appeared on the statewide ballot in Georgia.

List of ballot measures by year

Measures are listed in reverse-chronological order, with the most recent and upcoming elections appearing first. Tables include brief summaries, relevant topics, and the election results for each measure.

2026

See also: Georgia 2026 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Increase Acre Limit for Agriculture and Timber Conservation Use Property Tax Classification Amendment	Forestry and timber; Property tax exemptions; Agriculture policy	Increase the maximum acreage of agricultural and timber property that can be classified as bona fide conservation use property, which is taxed at 40% of the land's value, from 2,000 acres to 4,000 acres

2024

See also: Georgia 2024 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes; Property	Provide for a local option homestead property tax exemption and allow a county, municipality, or school system to opt out of the exemption	a	3,094,322 (63%)	1,823,529 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes; State judiciary	Create the Georgia Tax Court with statewide jurisdiction as provided by law	a	2,525,406 (52%)	2,341,612 (48%)
LRSS	Referendum A	Taxes; Property	Increase the personal property tax exemption from $7,500 to $20,000	a	3,223,888 (64%)	1,775,768 (36%)

2022

See also: Georgia 2022 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials; Civil and criminal trials	Suspend compensation for public officials while the individual is suspended from office for a felony indictment	a	3,375,437 (88%)	439,514 (12%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property; Taxes	Authorize local governments to grant tax relief to properties that are damaged due to a disaster and located within a declared disaster area	a	3,532,212 (92%)	313,308 (8%)
LRSS	Referendum A	Taxes; Property	Exempt timber equipment owned by a timber producer from property taxes	a	2,222,571 (59%)	1,544,431 (41%)
LRSS	Referendum B	Taxes; Agriculture policy	Expand agricultural equipment tax exemption and produce to include those owned by merged family farms	a	2,885,541 (76%)	888,336 (24%)

2020

See also: Georgia 2020 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorizes the Georgia Legislature to dedicate tax or fee revenue to the public purpose for which the taxes or fees were imposed	a	3,862,568 (82%)	869,540 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judicial authority	Allows residents to seek declaratory relief from state or local laws that violate the state Constitution or state law	a	3,491,296 (74%)	1,197,792 (26%)
LRSS	Referendum A	Taxes	Exempts from property taxes property owned by a 501(c)(3) public charity if the property is owned exclusively for the purpose of building or repairing single-family homes and the charity provides interest-free financing to the individual(s) purchasing the home	a	3,451,116 (73%)	1,270,737 (27%)

2018

See also: Georgia 2018 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Environment; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The Georgia Land Conservation Fund with 75 Percent of Revenue from Outdoor Recreation Sales Tax Amendment, House Resolution 238, may appear on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	a	3,161,607 (83%)	652,560 (17%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	The Georgia Business Court Amendment, House Resolution 993, may appear on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	a	2,560,107 (69%)	1,149,503 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Forestry and timber; Property; Taxes	The Georgia Forest Land Conservation and Timberland Properties Amendment is on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	a	2,275,659 (62%)	1,384,369 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Crime victims' rights; Criminal trials	The Georgia Crime Victim Rights Amendment may be on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	a	3,068,352 (81%)	723,220 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Ballot measure process; Sales taxes; Public education funding	The Georgia Distribution of Sales Tax Revenue from School District Referendums Amendment is on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	a	2,640,831 (71%)	1,065,878 (29%)
LRSS	Referendum A	Taxes; Property	Georgia Referendum A, the Homestead Municipal Property Tax Exemption Amendment, is on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred state statute on November 6, 2018.	a	2,060,127 (57%)	1,548,608 (43%)
LRSS	Referendum B	Property; Taxes	Georiga Referendum B, the Include Business-Financed Properties in Existing Non-Profit Mentally Disabled Housing Tax Exemption Amendment, is on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred state statute on November 6, 2018.	a	2,860,293 (77%)	857,809 (23%)

2016

See also: Georgia 2016 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education governance	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	State judiciary	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	a

2014

See also: Georgia 2014 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Taxes	a	1,855,380 (74%)	655,917 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment B	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a	1,735,432 (70%)	749,490 (30%)
LRSS	Referendum 1	Taxes; Education; Property	a	1,839,537 (74%)	657,367 (26%)

2012

See also: Georgia 2012 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	School choice policy; Public education governance	Authorize the legislature to provide for state charter schools	a	2,178,183 (59%)	1,540,198 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Administration of government		a	2,266,980 (64%)	1,287,761 (36%)

2010

See also: Georgia 2010 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public works labor and contracting	Authorize legislation to enforce reasonable competitive agreements to make the state more economically competitive	a	1,633,066 (68%)	783,390 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Fees, licenses, and charges; Healthcare facility funding	Enact an annual $10.00 charge on motor vehicles to fund trauma care	d	1,207,836 (47%)	1,342,555 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Administration of government; Transportation	Allow the Georgia Department of Transportation to enter into multiyear construction agreements without requiring full appropriations in the current fiscal year to reduce long-term construction costs	d	1,212,863 (50%)	1,216,780 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Energy	Allow a state entity to enter into multiyear contracts for energy efficiency or conservation projects	a	1,480,273 (61%)	954,448 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Land use and development policy	Allow owners of industrial-zoned property to remove the industrial designation from their property	a	1,520,636 (64%)	873,890 (36%)
LRSS	Referendum A	Taxes; Property	Allow business inventory to be exempt from ad valorem taxes	a	1,310,116 (54%)	1,115,586 (46%)

2008

See also: Georgia 2008 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Taxes	Authorize the General Assembly to encourage forest preservation through special tax assessments on certain forest lands and provide assistance grants to local governments	a	2,454,513 (68%)	1,154,662 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public education governance; Taxes; Public education funding	Authorize community redevelopment and allow counties, municipalities, and local boards of education to use tax funds for redevelopment purposes and programs	a	1,868,112 (52%)	1,756,809 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Administrative powers and rulemaking	Authorize the Georgia General Assembly to create and regulate infrastructure development districts for infrastructure provision as authorized by local governments	d	1,665,890 (48%)	1,777,619 (52%)

2006

See also: Georgia 2006 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Eminent domain policy	Prohibit unelected authorities from using eminent domain and restrict its use to only public purposes as defined by state law	a	1,622,403 (83%)	338,876 (17%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Constitutional rights; Right to hunt and fish	Preserve the ability to fish and hunt in Georgia and ensure it is managed by law and regulation for the public good	a	1,626,226 (81%)	379,024 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Transportation	Allow the General Assembly to create special license plates and dedicate the revenue for specific purposes that benefit the state, including funding agencies, state funds, or nonprofits	a	1,339,550 (67%)	648,889 (33%)
LRSS	Referendum A	Taxes; Agriculture policy	Expand the ad valorem tax exemption to include additional farm equipment held under lease purchase agreements	a	1,190,985 (61%)	770,138 (39%)
LRSS	Referendum B	Taxes; Veterans policy	Expand the ad valorem tax exemption to include nonprofit veterans organizations that refurbish and operate historic military aircraft for educational purposes	a	1,404,843 (71%)	565,523 (29%)
LRSS	Referendum C	Property; Taxes	Exempt property owned by a charitable institution from ad valorem taxation if the income it generates is used solely for the institution's operations	a	1,348,961 (68%)	621,433 (32%)
LRSS	Referendum D	Taxes; Property	Allow senior citizens a homestead exemption equal to the full amount of the state ad valorem tax levy on their home	a	1,790,418 (89%)	229,094 (11%)
LRSS	Referendum E	Taxes; Property	Allow a homestead exemption for the full value of a homestead from all ad valorem taxes for the unremarried surviving spouse of a first responder killed in the line of duty	a	1,724,935 (85%)	300,450 (15%)
LRSS	Referendum F	Taxes; Property tax exemptions	Allow the surviving spouse of a deceased individual with a base year assessed value homestead exemption to retain that exemption at the same valuation, as long as they continue to occupy the home as their residence	a	1,807,681 (90%)	202,024 (10%)

2004

See also: Georgia 2004 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	LGBTQ issues; Family-related policy	Provide that the state only recognized marriage as a union between a man and a woman	a	2,454,930 (76%)	768,716 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judicial authority	Allow the Supreme Court to have jurisdiction and authority to answer questions from any state appellate or federal district or appellate court	a	2,064,793 (69%)	929,129 (31%)

March 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	State Flag Referendum	State flags and symbols	Refer to the voters whether the State of Georgia should retain the 2003 state flag adopted by the General Assembly or revert to the 2001 version	a	577,320 (73%)	211,992 (27%)

2002

See also: Georgia 2002 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislative elections; State judicial selection; State executive elections	Prohibit an individual who had defaulted on his or her taxes to hold public office	a	1,523,282 (79%)	410,702 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property; Taxes	Allow qualified low-income building projects to be classified separately for ad valorem property tax purposes, with distinct rates, methods, and assessment dates	d	857,496 (46%)	1,001,452 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes; Property	Allow counties and municipalities to create community redevelopment tax incentive programs that increase taxes on blighted properties and temporarily reduce taxes on rehabilitated properties	a	1,114,217 (60%)	755,315 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes; Environment	Allow the General Assembly to create separate tax classifications for properties contaminated by hazardous substances to encourage their cleanup, reuse, and redevelopment	a	1,304,683 (69%)	597,811 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes; Property	Allow commercial dockside seafood facilities to be classified separately for ad valorem property tax purposes, and provide different tax rates, methods, and assessment dates	d	797,188 (43%)	1,043,362 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Animal treatment laws	Establish a dog and cat sterilization support program to reduce overpopulation and shelter euthanasia, funded through special license plate sales and other voluntary sources	a	1,355,383 (71%)	556,840 (29%)
LRSS	Referendum A	Property; Taxes	Replace the $10,000 gross household income limit for the homestead exemption from school district ad valorem taxes for seniors aged 62 and older with a $10,000 net income limit to include the applicant and their spouse	a	1,510,731 (80%)	386,481 (20%)
LRSS	Referendum B	Veterans policy; Taxes	The measure extended certain ad valorem tax exemptions to surviving unremarried spouses of military personnel killed in an armed conflict.	a	1,583,756 (83%)	324,523 (17%)
LRSS	Referendum C	Property; Taxes	Exempt medical societies and museums housed in historic properties from ad valorem property taxes	d	832,327 (45%)	1,024,393 (55%)
LRSS	Referendum D	Property; Taxes	Exempt commercial fishing vessels from ad valorem taxes	d	609,817 (33%)	1,243,392 (67%)
LRSS	Referendum E	Property; Taxes	Increase the tax exemption for tangible personal property from $500 to $7,500	a	1,353,304 (72%)	521,332 (28%)

2000

See also: Georgia 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislative elections	Provide for the selection of replacements for members of the general assembly who have been convicted of a felony.	a	1,893,771 (82%)	407,992 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property taxes	Provide an adjustment to homeowner property taxes for those claiming the state-wide homestead exemption.	a	1,995,717 (88%)	266,925 (12%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Law enforcement officers and departments; Insurance policy	Provide a compensation program for law enforcement officers and firemen who become injured and temporarily physically disabled in the line of duty.	a	1,863,348 (82%)	418,760 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public school teachers and staff; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Provide for indemnification, or compensation, for public school teachers, administrators and employees who were killed or permanently disabled by an act of violence in the line of duty, funded with revenue from special motor vehicle license plates honoring Georgia educators.	a	1,692,079 (75%)	561,725 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Transportation; Insurance policy	Provide a program of indemnification for state highway employees killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.	a	1,548,723 (70%)	678,199 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Property taxes	Create a separate class for marine vessels for ad valorem tax purposes.	d	1,001,325 (48%)	1,083,911 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State judicial selection	Increase the experience requirement for state court judges from five to seven years of being admitted to the practice of law.	a	1,432,315 (65%)	778,108 (35%)
LRSS	Referendum A	Property tax exemptions; Agriculture policy	The measure exempted certain farm equipment used by family owned operations from ad valorem taxes.	a	1,586,374 (72%)	629,714 (28%)
LRSS	Referendum B	Property tax exemptions	Increase the ad valorem tax exemption for manual laborers' tools and implements of trade from $300 to $2,500.	a	1,386,345 (63%)	797,456 (37%)
LRSS	Referendum C	Homestead tax exemptions; Veterans policy	Provide a homestead tax exemption for unmarried surviving spouses of soldiers killed in war or armed conflict.	a	1,764,163 (80%)	448,154 (20%)
LRSS	Referendum D	Property tax exemptions	Exempt Elks Lodges from ad valorem taxation if the property is used exclusively for charitable, fraternal, or benevolent purposes.	d	455,607 (21%)	1,701,255 (79%)

1998

See also: Georgia 1998 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Restricted-use funds	Create a Land, Water, Wildlife, and Recreation Heritage Fund, funded by an increase in the real estate transfer tax, for local government recreation grants and environmental conservation.	d	770,192 (47%)	875,003 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Gambling policy; Public education funding	Limit the educational purposes and programs for which lottery proceeds could be appropriated and provide priority to scholarships, pre-kindergarten programs, and shortfall reserves for state lottery funding.	a	814,815 (51%)	796,065 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Law enforcement; Alcohol laws	Provide additional penalties for DUI offenses and allocating the funds to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund for rehabilitation.	a	1,183,185 (73%)	437,689 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Transportation; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Create a fund for roadside enhancement and beautification, with revenue from related permit fees and license plate fees allocated for that purpose.	a	805,714 (51%)	774,626 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Administration of government; State legislative structure; Salaries of government officials	Establish a Georgia Citizens Commission to set the compensation of public officials.	d	744,328 (49%)	770,957 (51%)
LRSS	Referendum A	Agriculture policy; Property tax exemptions	Provide tax exemptions to Georgia-produced agricultural products by family-owned farms, including livestock, crops, fruit or nut trees, bushes, plants, and Christmas trees.	a	984,728 (63%)	567,891 (37%)
LRSS	Referendum B	Homestead tax exemptions	Allow individuals absent from their residence due to health reasons to continue receiving homestead exemptions.	a	1,312,521 (83%)	275,070 (17%)
LRSS	Referendum C	Religion-related policy; Taxes	Provide tax exemptions to all properties owned by and operated exclusively by churches and other religious organizations.	a	1,036,767 (66%)	544,453 (34%)
LRSS	Referendum D	Property tax exemptions; Veterans policy	Expand the motor vehicle ad valorem tax exemption for disabled veterans to include vehicles leased to them.	a	1,081,810 (69%)	490,735 (31%)
LRSS	Referendum E	Veterans policy; Property tax exemptions	Create a new ad valorem tax exemption for motor vehicles owned by former prisoners of war.	a	1,027,331 (65%)	544,129 (35%)

1996

See also: Georgia 1996 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Property taxes	Repeal the intangible personal property tax by general law without a referendum.	a	1,053,360 (57%)	810,181 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes; Public education funding	Authorize local school boards to impose a 1 percent sales tax for school capital projects.	a	999,838 (51%)	956,606 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public economic investment policy; Property tax exemptions	Allow the creation of enterprise zones in underdeveloped areas, providing tax exemptions or credits to businesses generating jobs in these zones.	a	983,979 (53%)	868,010 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Business regulations; Agriculture policy	Allow agricultural processing industries to levy fees for promotion and education, using funds collected to promote the industry.	d	714,285 (40%)	1,089,801 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Land use and development policy	Allow owners of island property in a constitutional industrial zone to voluntarily remove the property from the industrial classification.	a	970,435 (55%)	805,095 (45%)
LRSS	Referendum A	Taxes; Religion-related policy	Provide an exemption from ad valorem taxes for vans and buses owned by religious groups.	a	1,073,394 (55%)	879,627 (45%)
LRSS	Referendum B	Property tax exemptions	Provide tax exemptions to properties owned by certain fraternal organizations for charitable purposes.	a	991,391 (52%)	917,016 (48%)

1994

See also: Georgia 1994 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	County and municipal governance; Public economic investment policy	Allow counties and cities to enter into contracts with neighboring areas for regional facilities and shared benefits.	a	932,619 (70%)	408,924 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Criminal sentencing	Allow the general assembly to provide for mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes, restricting pardons and paroles, and providing exceptions for the innocent or elderly.	a	1,088,682 (81%)	250,358 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Healthcare governance; Business regulations	Allow the general assembly to authorize contracts among healthcare providers if the benefits outweigh the competition disadvantages.	d	533,104 (40%)	792,812 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State judiciary structure; State judicial selection	Allow the general assembly to authorize pilot judicial programs with temporary courts for limited jurisdictions.	a	691,829 (56%)	536,811 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Gambling policy	Allow nonprofit organizations to hold raffles legally and provide for the regulation, restriction or prohibition of raffles by law.	a	850,785 (64%)	478,023 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Business regulations; Alcohol laws	Allow local regulation of alcohol and nudity-related activities and provide the state full authority to regulate alcohol under the Twenty-First Amendment.	a	875,260 (65%)	479,295 (35%)
LRSS	Referendum A	Homestead tax exemptions	Provide a homestead exemption for property taxes to residents 62 or older with incomes under $30,000.	a	1,023,809 (79%)	271,307 (21%)
LRSS	Referendum B	Property taxes; Agriculture policy	Provide an ad valorem tax exemption for blueberry plants.	d	592,738 (46%)	683,392 (54%)

July 19

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Referendum A	Veterans policy; Property taxes	Provide ad valorem tax exemptions for headquarters and post homes of veterans organizations.	a	330,826 (63%)	191,595 (37%)

1992

See also: Georgia 1992 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education funding; Gambling policy	Provide for the operation and regulation of a state lottery and for the appropriation of lottery revenues to education programs.	a	1,146,349 (52%)	1,050,674 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public education governance; Local government organization	Provide for the election of local school boards and appointment of superintendents by an elected board of education.	a	1,385,474 (68%)	649,617 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public assistance programs; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Create the Indigent Care Trust Fund to support primary healthcare programs for the indigent population, expansion of Medicaid and for programs to support rural healthcare.	a	1,328,925 (67%)	653,322 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Pollution, waste, and recycling policy; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; County and municipal governance	Authorize state loans for solid waste facilities, enabling general obligation and revenue debt for such purposes.	a	1,039,566 (54%)	882,633 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Transportation; Energy funds; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Create a Transportation Trust Fund funded by motor and aviation fuel tax revenues.	d	712,388 (37%)	1,222,875 (63%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Business regulations	Authorize the General Assembly authority to regulate tractor, farm equipment, and vehicle manufacturers to prevent unfair practices, competition, and frauds.	a	1,165,119 (60%)	767,367 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes; Property	Classify heavy-duty equipment motor vehicles owned by nonresidents for separate ad valorem property tax treatment.	a	1,182,999 (62%)	737,191 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Ballot measure process; County and municipal governance	Require local acts repealing constitutional amendments to be approved by a majority of voters in each affected subdivision.	a	1,265,859 (69%)	577,693 (31%)

1990

See also: Georgia 1990 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Tort law; Administration of government	Allow the General Assembly to authorize lawsuits against the state and its entities and define the legal liability of public officers and employees	a	615,333 (53%)	543,215 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Higher education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow the General Assembly to create an education trust fund to assist with financing post-secondary education and guarantee advance tuition payment contracts with state revenues	a	605,013 (52%)	556,376 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property; Environment	Allow the General Assembly to use alternative assessment and taxation methods and assess standing timber only once after sale or harvest at a higher rate to promote conservation and transitional residential land preservation	a	726,907 (62%)	446,716 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Insurance policy	Authorize the General Assembly to provide indemnification for licensed emergency management rescue specialists killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty	a	776,084 (69%)	347,463 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance; Sales taxes	Allow the General Assembly to allow political subdivisions to impose a local sales and use tax without reducing their ad valorem (property) taxing powers	d	301,202 (28%)	772,271 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Administration of government	Prohibit individuals who are not registered voters, convicted of certain felonies, or holders of illegal public funds from holding any office or appointment of honor or trust in the state	a	693,599 (61%)	441,170 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State judicial authority	Authorize the General Assembly to grant municipal courts the jurisdiction to try state offenses by law	a	619,381 (58%)	447,706 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Family-related policy	Allow divorce cases to be tried in the county where the plaintiff resides if the defendant changes residency within six months from one Georgia county to another	a	744,997 (66%)	375,751 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Agriculture policy; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize the General Assembly to create an emerging crops loan fund to provide financing assistance to farmers for economic development and consumer availability of emerging crops	a	647,596 (59%)	458,326 (41%)
LRSS	Referendum 1	Taxes	Raise the minimum intangible tax threshold from $5.00 to $20.00 and eliminate tax liability and filing requirements for amounts below that level	a	663,787 (61%)	424,639 (39%)

1988

See also: Georgia 1988 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education governance; Administrative organization	Replace the office of State School Superintendent with the office of Commissioner of Education, appointed by the State Board of Education	d	598,817 (40%)	905,525 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize the issuance of temporary loans on behalf of special service districts	d	469,847 (35%)	886,144 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Administration of government; Agriculture policy	Authorize the General Assembly to create an Export Finance Fund to support Georgia agricultural exporters with loan guarantees, insurance, and coinsurance	d	660,061 (49%)	678,033 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Property	Allow property owners in a constitutional industrial area on an island to voluntarily remove their property from the industrial area	d	651,376 (50%)	662,750 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Taxes; Property	Allow the General Assembly to create a separate property class for historic properties and establish a program for tax incentives to encourage preservation and revitalization of historic areas	a	782,297 (57%)	583,851 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Public health insurance; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Create an Indigent Care Trust Fund and authorize appropriations from the fund to expand Medicaid coverage	a	840,889 (61%)	548,431 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Bond issues; County and municipal governance	Allow municipalities with a population of 400,000 or more to incur an additional $8 million in annual bonded indebtedness without a referendum	d	399,104 (30%)	925,692 (70%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislative term limits	Increase the terms of General Assembly members from two to four years	d	560,321 (37%)	935,782 (63%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Law enforcement	Authorize the General Assembly to create a law for compensating innocent crime victims and allocate or appropriate funds for a continuing compensation program	a	840,266 (58%)	618,716 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Housing	Establish that State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless funds do not expire and can be used for charitable homeless programs, including those involving religious institutions	a	883,770 (61%)	569,803 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Administration of government	Remove the Attorney General from the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission and the committee, and provide for a replacement member	d	639,354 (47%)	722,299 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Administration of government	Establish sovereign and official immunity, define the circumstances and procedures for invoking such immunity, and grant the General Assembly authority to legislate on the matter	d	392,622 (29%)	942,710 (71%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Criminal sentencing; Prison and jail funding	Authorize the General Assembly to impose additional penalties or fees on criminal and traffic law offenders to fund the construction, operation, and staffing of county jails and detention facilities	a	711,506 (52%)	652,329 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Public economic investment policy; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize the General Assembly to create a Seed-Capital Fund to support small and young entrepreneurial firms in technology, manufacturing, and agriculture through equity and capital investments managed by the Advanced Technology Development Center	a	684,883 (50%)	674,250 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Administration of government; Constitutional wording changes	Create a commission with the authority to renumber, redesignate, rearrange, and correct cross-references within the Constitution	d	651,643 (49%)	691,303 (51%)

March 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Referendum 1	Property; Taxes	Increase the income eligibility limit from $8,000 to $10,000 for seniors aged 64 and older to qualify for increased homestead exemptions from school and other ad valorem taxes	a	655,019 (82%)	144,603 (18%)

1986

See also: Georgia 1986 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Sewage and stormwater; Debt limits	Allow the state to incur general obligation debt to fund loans for local water and sewer projects and permit related investments and long-term intergovernmental contracts	a	552,371 (64%)	316,109 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Insurance policy	Authorize the General Assembly to establish and fund a health insurance plan for retired public school employees and their families	a	465,188 (53%)	418,890 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Administration of government	Establish procedures for suspending public officials upon felony indictment, withholding compensation during suspension, and reinstating officials with back pay if convictions are overturned, and addressing replacement and vacancy filling	a	734,638 (84%)	142,933 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State judiciary; Administration of government	Establish that a judge convicted of a felony is immediately suspended without compensation, with the possibility of reinstatement and back pay if the conviction is overturned, and provide a procedure for a replacement judge and filling of vacancies	a	754,351 (85%)	131,347 (15%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public assistance programs	Establish a State Children's Trust Fund to provide funding for child abuse and neglect prevention programs	a	633,313 (72%)	249,567 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Transportation; County and municipal governance	Require voter approval through a referendum for the creation or amendment of any municipal or county authority responsible for constructing, improving, or maintaining roads or streets	a	538,152 (67%)	268,179 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Public economic investment policy; Taxes	Establish a procedure for the creation of development districts to promote commercial and industrial development through tax incentives	d	365,380 (44%)	457,436 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Insurance policy	Provide indemnification, or compensation, for publicly employed emegency medical technicians killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty	a	589,354 (70%)	254,451 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Law enforcement; Insurance policy	Provide indemnification, or compensation, for law enforcement officers, firemen, prison guards or publicly employed emergency medical technicians who had been previously killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty	a	603,943 (71%)	249,102 (29%)
LRSS	Referendum 1	Taxes; Property	Exempt tangible personal property from taxes if the value of the property does not exceed $500	a	592,671 (70%)	249,708 (30%)

1984

See also: Georgia 1984 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administration of government; State judiciary	Provide that a judge could be suspended from office upon a felony indictment and removed from office upon conviction	a	1,314,559 (94%)	83,497 (6%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Administration of government	Authorize the creation of community improvement districts to provide governmental services	a	638,367 (54%)	541,027 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	County and municipal governance	Require a local law that authorized the exercise of additional municipal redevelopment powers be approved by a majority of vote referendum in the municipalities affected	a	828,352 (72%)	324,986 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Administration of government	Provide that public officials could be suspended from office upon a felony indictment and removed from office upon conviction	a	1,286,591 (94%)	85,455 (6%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public education governance; Administrative organization	Authorize the State Board of Education to appoint the State School Superintendent	d	648,995 (49%)	679,469 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public employee retirement funds	Authorize the General Assembly to revise public retirement and pension laws, redefine involuntary separation and part-time service, and impose restrictions on benefits for future systems	a	887,528 (72%)	338,250 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Public employee retirement funds; State executive official measures	Prohibit retirement benefits for any past, present, or future Georgia Governor upon leaving office, based on involuntary separation except in cases of medical disability	a	1,005,677 (78%)	283,368 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State judicial selection; State legislative elections; State executive elections; Local government officials and elections	Declare the office of any elected official vacant if they qualify for another office with a term beginning more than 30 days before the expiration of their current term	a	965,952 (80%)	248,185 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Veterans policy; Taxes	Change the eligibility and the amount for homestead exemptions for disabled veterans	a	848,849 (69%)	383,721 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	County and municipal governance; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize a general obligation debt to provide public library facilities	a	720,622 (59%)	491,494 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Property; Agriculture policy	Allow property qualifying for preferential assessment for agricultural purposes to be owned by an estate or trust with natural or naturalized citizens as heirs or beneficiaries	a	646,826 (57%)	483,563 (43%)
LRSS	Referendum 1	Public education funding; Public education governance; Property; Taxes	Recognize property used as the state headquarters of a nonprofit corporation promoting parent-teacher cooperation as an extension of public schools, and grant them ad valorem tax exemption	a	718,467 (61%)	464,620 (39%)
LRSS	Referendum 2	Transportation; Taxes; Property	Exempt motor vehicles used primarily for transporting handicapped or disabled students to and from any educational institution from ad valorem taxation	a	900,688 (72%)	345,204 (28%)
LRSS	Referendum 3	Property; Taxes	Exempt property of nonprofit homes for people with intellectual disabilities from ad valorem taxation	a	933,343 (76%)	295,707 (24%)

1982

See also: Georgia 1982 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State constitution ratification	Ratify a new state constitution	a	567,663 (73%)	211,342 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State executive official measures	Provide that the person holding the office of governor could not succeed themselves	d	317,060 (39%)	501,359 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Insurance policy; Tort law	Clarify sovereign immunity and waives its defense in contract actions and other cases to the extent of liability insurance or as provided by law	a	410,400 (61%)	256,971 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	County and municipal governance	Authorize the General Assembly to create countywide public library systems in counties with populations of 550,000 or more and transfer existing library facilities to these systems	a	375,412 (52%)	346,083 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance; Taxes	Increase the homestead exemption for Henry County residents from $2,000 to $4,000 for state, county, and school taxes, excluding municipal school taxes and taxes for bonded indebtedness	a	332,933 (52%)	310,132 (48%)

1980

See also: Georgia 1980 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes; Property	Allow the General Assembly to establish property classes for the State Revenue Commissioner’s review of county tax digests	d	441,802 (42%)	598,560 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Tort law; Civil trials	Allow courts to issue default judgments in tort cases without a jury	a	536,052 (54%)	456,485 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	County and municipal governance; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow counties and municipalities to create employee suggestion and award programs, funded by public funds, to reward meritorious service	d	413,898 (41%)	591,150 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	State judiciary	Provide that the venue of juvenile court cases may be determined by the Juvenile Court Code of Georgia	a	680,864 (69%)	311,322 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Insurance policy; Taxes	Allow the General Assembly to tax life insurance companies on gross direct premiums in unincorporated county areas and reduce ad valorem taxes in those areas	a	595,893 (59%)	418,204 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Administration of government	Create the Gwinnett Judicial Building Authority as a corporate and politic instrumentality of the State of Georgia	d	337,186 (38%)	558,563 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Public education funding; Taxes	Exempt certain property owned by nonprofit corporations promoting education and welfare of children and youth from all state, county, municipal, and school taxes in counties with populations of 600,000 or more	d	435,851 (45%)	537,519 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Administration of government; Bond issues	Create the Rockdale County Public Facilities Authority, grant it powers to issue revenue bonds, contract with Rockdale County and other entities, and provide facilities or services to the county and its residents	d	375,615 (43%)	491,317 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public education funding	Allow general obligation debt to build educational facilities, with a transfer of ownership to local school boards upon completion	a	551,884 (53%)	480,798 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public school teachers and staff; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public education funding; Public education governance	Authorize a State Board of Education program to reimburse Georgia-certified teachers for tuition costs to maintain certification	a	619,916 (56%)	483,367 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes; Public education funding	Authorize the General Assembly to enact a state tax in order to purchase uniforms for public schools	d	193,863 (18%)	869,076 (82%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Public employee retirement funds	Allow the General Assembly to increase retirement benefits for Georgia Firemen's Pension Fund retirees, and ensure no retiree receive more than current benefit levels	a	625,415 (60%)	422,388 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Law enforcement officers and departments; Insurance policy	Authorize the State to provide indemnification, or compensation, of up to $50,000 to law enforcement officers, firemen and prison guards permanently disabled in the line of duty	a	990,627 (76%)	305,672 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	County and municipal governance; Taxes	Allow counties and municipalities additional powers to enhance redevelopment programs, and include tax exemptions for properties in redevelopment areas	d	451,821 (45%)	546,357 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Property; Taxes	Increase the income exclusion on homestead exemptions for senior citizens to $8,000	a	956,519 (84%)	182,088 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Law enforcement; Marijuana laws	Allow municipal courts jurisdiction to handle cases involving possession of one ounce or less of marijuana	a	689,323 (65%)	373,206 (35%)

1978

See also: Georgia 1978 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Elections and campaigns	Revise Article II of the Georgia Constitution in relation to the elective franchise	d	210,846 (46%)	252,194 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Eminent domain policy	Allow just and adequate compensation for private property taken or damaged for public transportation purposes to be paid once legally determined	a	293,891 (61%)	189,565 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Taxes; Property	Allow the General Assembly to exempt intangible personal property from ad valorem tax if administrative costs exceed the taxpayer's liability	a	277,333 (59%)	191,599 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes; Agriculture policy	Exempt swine, cattle and horses from ad valorem taxation	d	199,005 (41%)	291,436 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	County and municipal governance	Authorize the General Assembly to grant additional powers to counties and municipalities to enhance redevelopment programs	d	217,028 (46%)	251,111 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Gambling policy	Authorize the General Assembly to legalize, define, and regulate nonprofit bingo games	a	275,330 (56%)	214,692 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Recall process	Provide for the recall of elected public officials	a	328,765 (68%)	152,332 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Administration of government	Establish an effective date for constitutional amendments	a	293,146 (64%)	165,407 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Taxes; Public education funding	Exempt from all state, county, municipal, and school taxes certain property owned by nonprofit corporations promoting cooperation between parents and teachers for children's education and welfare in counties with populations of 600,000 or more	d	153,802 (34%)	300,733 (66%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Veterans policy; Taxes	Increase the homestead exemption to $25,000 for disabled veterans with severe disabilities and extend the exemption to their unremarried widow or minor children	a	312,755 (64%)	177,450 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Crime victims' rights	Allow the General Assembly to compensate innocent victims of crime and use additional penalty assessments in criminal cases for this purpose	a	304,113 (63%)	175,271 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public employee retirement funds; Higher education funding	Revise Article X of the Constitution regarding retirement systems and educational scholarships	d	231,146 (49%)	236,779 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	Administration of government	Provide for the publication of summaries of proposed constitutional amendments	a	245,202 (53%)	216,317 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Administration of government; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize the General Assembly to allow the Claims Advisory Board to process and settle claims against the State up to $500	a	270,173 (59%)	183,973 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Insurance policy; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public school teachers and staff; Healthcare	Authorize the General Assembly to establish a health insurance plan for retired public school teachers and allocate funds for its administration and employer contributions	a	304,984 (60%)	206,658 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	Insurance policy; Law enforcement	Establish funds or insurance for indemnification of law enforcement officers, firemen, or prison guards killed in the line of duty	a	331,877 (69%)	152,437 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	Election administration and governance	Require a notice of candidacy by write-in candidates in special elections	a	237,594 (51%)	228,856 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 25	State executive official measures	Change the General Assembly's methods and procedures for overriding gubernatorial vetoes of bills	d	144,109 (31%)	315,347 (69%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	County and municipal governance; Utility policy	Transfer the operation of municipally owned sanitary landfills or garbage disposal systems in certain counties with populations of 600,000 or more to the county, and prohibit municipalities within such counties from operating these systems	d	179,204 (43%)	240,516 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 27	Water; County and municipal governance	Authorize the General Assembly to establish a unified municipal/county water and sewer system between counties with populations of 600,000 or more and the largest municipality within them	d	181,225 (43%)	239,910 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	County and municipal governance	Authorize the General Assembly to allow counties with populations of 600,000 or more to create a comprehensive, countywide framework plan that includes both unincorporated areas and municipal plans within the county	d	153,862 (38%)	255,250 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 29	County and municipal governance; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize the General Assembly to establish financing requirements for services in counties with populations of 600,000 or more	d	164,961 (40%)	242,767 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Administration of government	Authorize a special commission to incorporate amendments into the Constitution	d	165,722 (35%)	306,827 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 30	County and municipal governance	Transfer all library facilities and services in counties with populations of 600,000 or more to a countywide library service, and designate the county as the funding government and create a library board of trustees to oversee it	d	176,178 (42%)	244,147 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 31	Property; County and municipal governance	The measure would have provided for the assessment of property by a board of assessors and established county boards of equalization in counties with populations of 600,000 or more.	d	165,701 (40%)	243,982 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 32	County and municipal governance; Taxes	Authorize the General Assembly to allow county tax officials in counties with populations of 600,000 or more to collect taxes for municipalities within the county at no charge to the municipalities	d	162,030 (39%)	248,200 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 33	Public education governance	Limit 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	d	149,551 (36%)	264,272 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment 34	Taxes; Public employee retirement funds	Change the definition of "income" for determining eligibility for the $10,000 homestead exemption in Fulton County, and exclude federal old-age, survivors, or disability insurance benefits and benefits under the Federal Railroad Retirement Act	a	233,960 (56%)	186,295 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 35	Bond issues; County and municipal governance	Establish the City of Conyers Public Facilities Authority, define its powers, bond issuance process, and ability to contract with the City of Conveyors and other government entities	d	156,911 (42%)	218,043 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 36	County and municipal governance; Bond issues	Establish the Downtown Americus Authority, define its powers, bond issuance process, and ability to contract with the City of Americus and other government entities	d	155,196 (42%)	215,652 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State legislatures measures	Establish four year terms for members of the General Assembly	d	136,223 (25%)	411,957 (75%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public education funding	Allow the state to issue general obligation debt to fund the construction and improvement of public and independent school facilities	d	220,679 (46%)	258,268 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Public education funding; Public education governance	Authorize the State Board of Education to create a curriculum laboratory, charge fees, and retain the generated revenue for its operation	d	221,766 (46%)	257,718 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes; County and municipal governance	Establish the conditions under which counties containing a city of 200,000 people or more could levy a tax of up to 1.5 mills on all property within the county to fund education	d	161,290 (36%)	289,851 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes; Veterans policy	Provide tax exemptions on vehicles owned by disabled veterans	a	334,045 (66%)	172,187 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Law enforcement funding; Criminal sentencing	Authorize the General Assembly to impose additional penalties in criminal cases to fund training for law enforcement officers and prosecutors	a	269,765 (55%)	218,476 (45%)

1976

See also: Georgia 1976 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State constitution ratification	Ratify a new state constitution	a	610,516 (61%)	394,734 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Insurance policy; Law enforcement	Authorize the General Assembly to enact a law for indemnification, or compensation, of up to $50,000 in the event of the death of a law enforcement officer, fireman or prison guard killed in the line of duty	a	686,135 (68%)	322,815 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Law enforcement officers and departments	Require sheriffs to meet minimum standards and training required by general law	a	909,760 (88%)	126,268 (12%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Healthcare; Higher education funding	Increase medical student loans and scholarships to $15,000, and require repayment through five years of practice in a small Georgia community	a	734,829 (73%)	275,091 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Administration of government	Replace the current State Personnel Board with a five-member board to oversee the State Merit System of Personnel Administration	a	559,037 (61%)	364,823 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Energy funds; Ballot measure supermajority requirements	Remove the requirement for a majority of registered voters to participate in elections authorizing revenue certificates for gas or electric systems	a	495,021 (54%)	420,548 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; County and municipal governance	Allow local governments to invest sinking funds for bond repayment in federally insured accounts and certificates	a	600,339 (66%)	305,606 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; County and municipal governance	Authorize counties and municipalities to obtain federal community disaster loans	a	737,269 (79%)	196,236 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Workers' compensation laws; Restricted-use funds	Establish a Subsequent Injury Workers' Compensation Trust Fund to cover disability costs from combined injuries, funded by insurance assessments and other sources	a	620,456 (66%)	317,918 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Taxes; Property	Redefine "income" for Fulton County's $10,000 homestead exemption eligibility based on federal adjusted gross income and extends the exemption to bonded indebtedness	a	650,117 (72%)	253,727 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Property; Taxes	Classify certain mobile homes separately for ad valorem tax purposes, allow different tax rates and methods, and enact laws to prevent tax avoidance	a	652,480 (70%)	284,593 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State executive official measures	Allow governors to succeed themselves for one four-year term	a	772,441 (64%)	425,208 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	Gambling policy	Legalize bingo games operated by nonprofit organizations	a	645,536 (58%)	463,291 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Administration of government; Property	Establish the State Properties Commission and define its membership, powers, duties, and authority	d	402,077 (46%)	478,129 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Property; Taxes	Authorize the General Assembly to exempt from ad valorem taxation certain property of nonprofit homes for people of a certain age that have no stockholders or profit distributed to private individuals	a	751,261 (76%)	240,896 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	Higher education funding	Authorize the Board of Regents to create a program allowing Georgia residents aged 62 and older to attend certain University System courses for free when space is available	a	706,828 (73%)	261,358 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	Transportation; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow the State to receive federal transportation funds and authorizes the General Assembly to regulate their receipt, administration, and disbursement	a	627,197 (68%)	295,862 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 25	Parole policy; Corrections governance	Establish rules for filling vacancies on the State Board of Pardons and Paroles and imposes minimum prison terms before eligibility for pardon or parole	a	728,440 (77%)	220,912 (23%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	Transportation	Regulate outdoor advertising and junkyards, allow property acquisition for enforcement, and establish roadside rest and recreation areas along federal highways	a	742,670 (78%)	204,785 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 27	Public education governance	Authorize the General Assembly to donate of surplus State-owned books to nonprofit civic, educational or charitable organizations	a	760,475 (80%)	191,242 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	Public economic investment policy; County and municipal governance	Establish the East Point Business and Industrial Development Authority, define its powers, bond issuance process, and ability to contract with government entities, and authorize the City of East Point to establish special taxing districts and allocate tax funds to the Authority	a	448,343 (55%)	361,992 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State executive official measures	Allow the removal of incapacitated executive officers	a	816,814 (79%)	222,235 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Administration of government; Public economic investment policy	Change the name of the Department of Community Development to the Department of Industry and Trade and rename the Board of Community Development to the Board of Industry and Trade	a	662,061 (68%)	307,373 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Property; Taxes	Authorize county or municipal governing authorities, with voter approval, to exempt from ad valorem taxation all or part of the value of certain tangible personal property in specific inventories	a	552,458 (57%)	425,052 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes; Energy	Authorize local governments to exempt solar energy equipment from ad valorem taxes until 1986	a	652,976 (66%)	335,159 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State legislatures measures; Salaries of government officials	Allow the General Assembly to set its own compensation and allowances by law, with changes taking effect only after the current term ends	a	652,464 (67%)	316,700 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Business regulations; State executive official measures	Authorize the Secretary of State to grant corporate charters and powers to persons who wish to form a corporation	a	582,572 (61%)	373,631 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Administration of government; Law enforcement	Remove provisions relating to the Board of Corrections from the constitution and replace them with provisions relating to the Board of Offender Rehabilitation	a	579,421 (63%)	345,546 (37%)

1974

See also: Georgia 1974 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary	Provide that all courts of the state be part of one unified judicial system	a	370,697 (60%)	252,155 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	County and municipal governance; Bond issues	Authorize the General Assembly to expand, increase, or reduce the purposes for which revenue anticipation obligations may be issued by counties, municipalities, or political subdivisions	d	240,325 (45%)	290,897 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Mineral resources	Authorize the General Assembly to grant $250,000 to the first entity that establishes a plant for commercial aluminum ore production from kaolin, with a requirement of a minimum annual output of 300,000 tons	d	260,562 (47%)	291,292 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Public employee retirement funds; County and municipal governance	Authorize the governing authorities of cities with over 300,000 residents to increase retirement or pension benefits for former municipal employees and allocate funds for this purpose	a	325,017 (59%)	221,938 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Taxes; Public employee retirement funds	Exclude retirement, pension, or disability benefits from income calculations for persons 65 and older qualifying for a $4,000 homestead exemption	a	436,119 (73%)	161,803 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	County and municipal governance; Administration of government	Establish the City of Covington Parking Authority, outline its powers, such as issuing revenue bonds and contracting with various entities, and allow the city to levy taxes and allocate funds to the Authority	a	243,733 (52%)	228,414 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	County and municipal governance; Administration of government	Establish the Downtown Savannah Authority, grant it powers to issue revenue bonds, contract with various entities, and allow the City of Savannah to levy taxes and allocate funds to the Authority	a	248,793 (53%)	222,061 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Administration of government; County and municipal governance	Establish the Douglasville-Douglas County Stadium Authority	a	245,456 (52%)	228,847 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	County and municipal governance; Public employee retirement funds	Authorize the General Assembly to enact laws to periodically increase the retirement or pension benefits for retired public school teachers under local retirement systems	a	441,428 (69%)	195,078 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Business regulations; State executive official measures	Authorize the Secretary of State to grant corporate powers and privileges to private companies	d	224,133 (39%)	354,608 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Administration of government; State judiciary	Change the name of the Office of Ordinary and the Court of Ordinary to the Judge of the Probate Court and Probate Court	a	369,955 (63%)	215,608 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State judiciary structure	Authorize the General Assembly to create a State Court of Claims to provide relief for individuals injured or damaged by the State, and authorize the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals to have jurisdiction to review legal errors	a	456,509 (76%)	140,412 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes; Agriculture policy	Exempt from ad valorem taxation harvested agricultural products with a 12-month or shorter planting-to-harvest cycle	a	338,025 (58%)	242,830 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Ballot measure supermajority requirements; Bond issue requirements	Remove the requirement that a majority of registered voters in a political subdivision must participate in an election to approve the issuance of revenue certificates for gas or electric systems	d	277,291 (50%)	279,426 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	County and municipal governance; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Limit the debt of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision to no more than 10% of the assessed value of all taxable property within it	a	357,664 (63%)	209,436 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Property; County and municipal governance	Authorize the General Assembly to allow large municipalities to remove, demolish, or close unsafe and unrepairable buildings at public expense, and require a lien on the property after an administrative hearing	a	296,834 (54%)	249,653 (46%)

1972

See also: Georgia 1972 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary oversight	Create a Judicial Qualifications Commission to handle the removal, discipline, and involuntary retirement of justices and judges in the state.	a	597,670 (79%)	154,961 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Property tax exemptions; Healthcare facility funding	Authorize the General Assembly to exempt nonprofit hospitals from ad valorem taxation under specific conditions.	a	630,919 (76%)	197,644 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Higher education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public education funding	Provide loans, scholarships, grants, and insurance for educational purposes.	a	479,595 (66%)	250,881 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes; Public education funding	Authorize state taxation to fund school activities, including personnel and facilities for extracurricular and interscholastic programs.	a	407,784 (55%)	328,380 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Veterans policy	Provide tuition grants to children of veterans who were residents of Georgia and meet certain military service conditions.	a	529,932 (73%)	199,494 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Taxes; Veterans policy	Provide disabled veterans a tax exemption on vehicles with free HV license plates from Georgia.	a	555,403 (74%)	190,895 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Higher education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow State departments to disburse funds to match federal funds for providing educational scholarships to qualified employees.	a	366,959 (53%)	325,779 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Public employee retirement funds	Provide that federal old-age, survivor or disability benefits not be included in income for persons over the age of 65 years.	a	589,872 (80%)	148,225 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Property taxes; Property tax exemptions	Provide that homesteads owned by individuals over the age of 62 years be exempted from ad valorem taxes for independent school districts.	a	551,355 (75%)	182,528 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Homestead tax exemptions	Provide that homesteads owned by individuals over the age of 62 years be exempted from ad valorem taxes for county school districts.	a	529,553 (73%)	195,793 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Administrative organization; Utility policy	Grant counties and municipalities the authority to provide services and create districts for such services.	a	360,864 (54%)	305,958 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Administrative organization	Create a Board of Natural Resources.	a	527,373 (70%)	223,935 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public employee retirement funds	Allow the legislature to increase retirement benefits for retired persons and fund such systems through fines or forfeitures.	a	450,802 (65%)	242,523 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	State judiciary oversight	Provide concurrent jurisdiction by the Superior and Juvenile Courts over juvenile offenders.	a	448,251 (67%)	222,581 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Provide for annual appropriations.	a	394,429 (61%)	257,068 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	State executive official measures; Administration of government	Change the procedure for presenting Bills and Resolutions to the Governor and overriding vetoes.	d	322,202 (49%)	339,979 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	Residency voting requirements	Allow the General Assembly to set residence requirements for voting, with at least 30 days of residence required.	a	459,566 (67%)	229,051 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Administrative organization; Public economic investment policy	Change the name of the Department of Industry and Trade and its Board to the Department and Board of Community Development.	a	398,097 (55%)	319,388 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Administrative organization; Transportation	Rename the State Highway Board and Department and remove outdoor ads and junk yards to prevent losing federal funds.	a	500,091 (68%)	230,575 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Administration of government; Constitutional wording changes	Delete the name and office of Treasurer from the Constitution.	a	365,451 (51%)	345,597 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Administrative organization; Corrections governance	Abolish the State Board of Corrections.	d	332,898 (46%)	383,533 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Administrative organization; Parole policy	Change the composition of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to 5-7 members and establish a seven-year term for members.	a	488,635 (68%)	231,188 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Debt limits; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Create a new method of financing the State, prohibit certain contracts, limit public debt, and establish the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission.	a	476,435 (67%)	235,038 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Eminent domain policy	Authorize the General Assembly to provide relocation assistance and payments for displaced persons involved in public projects, preventing the loss of federal funds.	a	482,174 (68%)	222,003 (32%)

1970

See also: Georgia 1970 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administration of government; Constitutional wording changes	Provide that constitutional amendments become effective on the first day of January following their ratification, unless stated otherwise.	a	448,514 (74%)	156,708 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Housing; Administration of government	Authorize the creation of the Georgia Housing Finance Authority to promote and carry out housing development and modernization.	d	217,225 (38%)	348,799 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Taxes; Property	Authorize the General Assembly to classify inventory as a separate property class for taxation.	d	252,633 (45%)	311,765 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Public employee retirement funds	Authorize the General Assembly to increase pension benefits and appropriate funds for this purpose.	a	367,700 (61%)	230,355 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Taxes; Agriculture policy	Exempt peanuts grown and stored in licensed or bonded warehouses from all ad valorem taxation.	d	151,383 (25%)	449,182 (75%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	County and municipal governance; Administration of government	Create the Glynn County Public Improvement Authority and authorize it to issue bonds and manage related processes.	d	196,542 (38%)	326,226 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Administration of government; County and municipal governance	Create the City of Marietta Parking Authority, granting it powers to issue bonds, levy taxes, and contract with various entities, including the City of Marietta.	d	229,576 (45%)	282,192 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State executive official measures	Change the manner of approval or veto of bills and resolutions by the Governor and the procedure for overriding vetoes.	d	253,993 (44%)	328,370 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property; Taxes	Provide personal property, tools, implements of trade, and domestic animals from tax exemption up to $300.	a	428,762 (69%)	188,244 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes; Veterans policy	The measure expanded homestead tax exemptions for disabled veterans to include those with disabilities affecting their locomotion, including blindness in both eyes.	a	472,550 (76%)	151,310 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Higher education funding	Authorize grants or scholarships for Georgia students attending colleges outside the University System of Georgia.	a	320,168 (51%)	301,722 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Religion-related policy; Taxes	Exempt tangible personal property, including vehicles, from ad valorem taxes when owned by religious organizations for religious purposes.	d	259,491 (42%)	355,538 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes; Property	Extend homestead exemptions to properties with shared legal titles or held by an administrator, executor, or trustee when claimed by residents.	a	311,541 (54%)	267,875 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Healthcare; Taxes	Exempt the property of hospitals and nursing homes from ad valorem taxation, provided that no net profit benefits private individuals.	d	287,129 (47%)	319,006 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Sewage and stormwater; Taxes	Exempt property owned by non-profit corporations providing water supply or sewage disposal from ad valorem taxation.	d	278,761 (47%)	310,400 (53%)

1968

See also: Georgia 1968 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State executive official measures	Establish that the Lieutenant Governor-Elect will succeed to the Governorship in the event of the death of the Governor-Elect	a	686,680 (86%)	107,195 (14%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Higher education funding; Healthcare	Increase the amount of loans and scholarships for medical students and changed the provisions of repayment of such loans	a	473,576 (65%)	255,399 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Taxes; Property	Provide a $4,000 ad valorem tax exemption for homestead owners aged 65 or older with a combined household income not exceeding $4,000	a	632,550 (83%)	126,687 (17%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	State legislative elections	Authorize four-year terms for General Assembly members, with elections held separately from the Governor's election	d	291,603 (40%)	440,198 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	State judiciary; Civil trials	Authorize the change of jurisdiction of justices of the peace in civil cases	d	302,287 (44%)	391,192 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Game and fish commissions	Establish a new Game and Fish Commission	d	274,833 (38%)	449,258 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Game and fish commissions; Salaries of government officials	Authorize the General Assembly to reimburse Game and Fish Commission employees who had to return a 1966 retroactive pay raise to the State Treasurer	a	381,164 (55%)	317,809 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Administration of government; Public economic investment policy	Authorize the Department of Industry and Trade to use funds for business meals and expenses to attract new business, industry, and tourism, with required documentation and semi-annual audits	a	404,067 (58%)	298,616 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	State legislatures measures	Allow the General Assembly to propose a new Constitution or amendments for ratification without being subject to the Governor's veto	a	396,651 (57%)	294,546 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Business regulations; Food policy	Allow the General Assembly to regulate the marketing of milk and milk substitutes as a matter of public interest	d	370,628 (49%)	391,554 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Agriculture policy	Authorize the General Assembly to establish agricultural promotion programs, with decisions on continuation or termination based on referendums, and allows delegation of authority to impose or repeal charges related to affected products	a	425,009 (57%)	316,238 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State executive official measures; Runoff elections	Require a run-off election for Governor if no candidate wins a majority in the general election	a	698,345 (89%)	90,625 (11%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	Public economic investment policy; County and municipal governance	Allow the General Assembly, county corporation, or municipal corporation to create and authorize Development Authorities to issue revenue obligations for developing industry, trade, and employment opportunities	a	362,314 (53%)	319,541 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Civil service; Veterans policy	Remove the freeze on civil service preference for honorably discharged veterans and allow the General Assembly to grant them preference in civil service programs	a	423,045 (62%)	262,432 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Public school teachers and staff; Public employee retirement funds	Authorize the General Assembly to create a retirement system for public school employees not covered by the Teachers' Retirement System and allow funding from state and local education boards	a	489,484 (68%)	232,784 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	State judiciary	Allow the General Assembly to create new courts for cities with populations over 300,000 inhabitants and define their jurisdiction	a	412,414 (62%)	255,068 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Redistricting policy; State legislatures measures	Authorize a special reapportionment of the State Senate to increase the number of members from 54 to 56	a	473,442 (66%)	244,963 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize the expenditure of state funds for school lunches	a	682,015 (79%)	180,654 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State executive elections	Establish that the Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent, Comptroller General, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Commissioner of Labor are elected in the same manner as the Governor, and allow the Governor the authority to fill vacancies if an elected official dies or withdraws before taking office	a	549,289 (75%)	179,996 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Administration of government	Change the name and responsibility of the Office of Solicitor General to District Attorney	a	491,256 (69%)	223,334 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Higher education funding; Law enforcement	Authorize the General Assembly to establish a scholarship program for the children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards who are permanently disabled or killed in the line of duty, to pursue higher education or vocational training	a	516,753 (96%)	22,198 (4%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Bond issues; Higher education funding	Authorize the General Assembly to enact laws allowing the issuance of revenue bonds to provide direct student loans for education beyond the twelfth grade	a	461,108 (63%)	273,969 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Veterans policy; Taxes	Extend the homestead exemption for disabled veterans to include requiring assistive devices for mobility	a	632,234 (84%)	123,417 (16%)

1966

See also: Georgia 1966 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education funding	Authorize the establishment of area schools and districts, including special schools, by local referendum and funding through public education taxes.	a	351,547 (74%)	124,061 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Public economic investment policy	Authorize the Department of Industry and Trade to participate in tourism promotion.	a	309,756 (70%)	129,789 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Insurance policy; Law enforcement	Authorize indemnification for individuals assisting in crime prevention or apprehension.	a	329,792 (76%)	106,880 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Higher education governance; Higher education funding	Authorize the State Board of Vocational Education to manage federal funds for vocational rehabilitation work.	a	303,885 (69%)	136,820 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Taxes; Transportation	Declare public transportation an essential government function, allowing state taxation and expenditure for it.	a	241,654 (55%)	196,501 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Healthcare; Higher education funding	Provide that service at Gracewood State School and Hospital or similar facilities applicable for repaying medical loans and scholarships, with retroactive eligibility.	a	306,419 (71%)	124,237 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	County and municipal governance	Change the provisions related to the powers of county governments.	a	227,814 (54%)	190,749 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	County and municipal governance	Change the provisions related to the powers of county governments.	a	233,034 (57%)	176,894 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	State judicial selection	Provide that superior court judges be elected only by the electors residing in the judge's circuit of service.	a	351,820 (76%)	112,482 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Local government officials and elections	Provide that solicitors general be elected only by the electors residing in the solicitor general's circuit of service.	a	342,163 (75%)	111,339 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	County and municipal governance; Public economic investment policy	Authorize the creation of public corporations and the issuance of revenue obligations for developing industrial facilities.	d	194,117 (43%)	262,333 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	Administrative organization; Agriculture policy	Allow the General Assembly to regulate agricultural products and delegate related powers to an Agricultural Commodity Commission or other state agency.	d	168,793 (40%)	256,668 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Eminent domain policy; Property	Authorize the payment for property taken for roads and require the removal of outdoor advertising and junk yards to preserve federal funds.	a	305,819 (66%)	158,332 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Higher education funding; Public education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize the General Assembly to appropriate funds for obtaining funds from the federal government for education scholarships and loans.	a	294,201 (69%)	134,321 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Election administration and governance	Require notice of candidacy for write-in candidates.	a	276,135 (63%)	162,637 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Public education governance; County and municipal governance	Allow changes to the election and appointment process for county school boards and superintendents, including term lengths, qualifications, and compensation.	a	309,983 (69%)	138,368 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes; Environment	Provide tax exemption to facilities installed to reduce air or water pollution.	a	312,791 (70%)	135,497 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Residency voting requirements	Allow the General Assembly to set different residence requirements for voting in national and state elections.	a	262,009 (59%)	184,113 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	County and municipal governance	Provide home rule for counties.	a	311,953 (69%)	137,761 (31%)

1964

See also: Georgia 1964 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administration of government; Transportation	Establish a State Highway Board and a Director of the State Highway Department	a	318,987 (67%)	160,526 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Corrections governance; Healthcare governance	Allow retroactive credit for service at Milledgeville State Hospital or correctional facilities toward the repayment of medical loans and scholarships	a	271,659 (62%)	168,257 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Taxes; County and municipal governance	Allow the General Assembly to permit county governments to assess and collect license fees and taxes from businesses located outside municipal limits	a	271,659 (62%)	168,257 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Veterans policy; Taxes	Extend the homestead exemption for disabled veterans to include those with paraplegia or permanent paralysis caused by multiple sclerosis	a	325,295 (71%)	135,325 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Taxes; County and municipal governance	Authorize the Vidalia Development Authority to operate in Montgomery County and provide tax exemptions to its tenants and lessees	d	131,778 (33%)	273,205 (67%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Property; Taxes	Exempt personal property used within homes in Muscogee County from state and county ad valorem taxes	d	158,190 (38%)	258,661 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Administrative organization; Higher education funding	Authorize the General Assembly to establish a State Scholarship Commission to grant scholarships for students in paramedical, professional, or educational fields	a	298,632 (63%)	176,735 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Administration of government; County and municipal governance	Require a simple majority vote, instead of a two-thirds majority vote, for merging, consolidating, and dividing counties	a	278,673 (60%)	186,924 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Higher education funding	Authorize the General Assembly to establish a guaranteed student loan program with interest payments on student loans for higher education, and create an administrative entity for the program	a	320,713 (67%)	161,119 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Higher education funding	Provide loan or scholarships to dental students	a	286,685 (61%)	181,796 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Government continuity policy	Authorize the General Assembly to ensure continuity of state and local government operations during emergencies caused by enemy attacks	a	323,691 (72%)	128,288 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Workers' compensation laws; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize county boards of education to use educational funds to fund Workmen's Compensation	a	259,650 (57%)	192,807 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes; Transportation	Authorizes the Legislature to classify motor vehicles separately for ad valorem tax purposes, set different tax rates and assessment methods, and ensure fair tax payment	a	284,911 (62%)	174,184 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Taxes	Provide increased homestead tax exemptions for people 65 and over	a	376,461 (76%)	117,322 (24%)

1962

See also: Georgia 1962 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education governance; Race and ethnicity issues	Provide that "freedom from compulsory association," such as racial segregation, "at all levels of public education shall be preserved inviolate"	a	125,684 (60%)	82,250 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Elections and campaigns	Disqualify write-in candidates unless they had given notice of candidacy 10 days prior to the election.	d	81,935 (42%)	113,763 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Fossil fuel energy; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Increase and change the payment provisions for bringing in the first commercial oil well.	d	87,777 (47%)	98,796 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Bond issues; County and municipal governance	Authorize counties and municipalities to issue, sell, and refund revenue bonds for slum clearance and redevelopment, with the ability to pledge taxes.	d	92,124 (48%)	99,138 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Taxes; Public education funding	Extend the power of taxation to include a tax for school lunch purposes.	d	93,756 (47%)	103,813 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Public economic investment policy; County and municipal governance	Allow counties to undertake and carry out a slum clearance and redevelopment program.	a	123,923 (64%)	68,866 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	State legislatures measures; State executive official measures	Allow the General Assembly to enact legislation over the Governor's veto.	a	119,084 (63%)	71,405 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 1A	State legislatures measures; Elections and campaigns	Provide for the composition of the Senate and the election and appointment processes of State Senators.	a	119,502 (61%)	75,598 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	County and municipal governance; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize the General Assembly to provide grants to counties under certain conditions.	a	106,878 (56%)	84,371 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Provide for improved appropriation control and promote efficiency and economy in budget matters.	a	131,825 (69%)	59,765 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Administrative organization; Public economic investment policy	The measure created the Department of Industry and Trade and provided for a board of commissioners for the department.	a	116,644 (61%)	75,700 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Law enforcement officers and departments	Provide certain compensation for peace officers deemed as a subsistence allowance.	d	71,788 (36%)	125,035 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; State legislatures measures	Provide legislators sufficient time to study public fund expenditures.	a	129,558 (68%)	61,982 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	County and municipal governance; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow counties or municipalities to borrow funds for property valuation and equalization programs for ad valorem tax purposes.	a	108,418 (57%)	82,084 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Higher education funding; Healthcare	Provide for repayment of medical loans and scholarships through service at correctional facilities.	a	118,005 (62%)	72,502 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Transportation; Taxes	The measure would have authorized the general assembly to delegate the right to levy taxes for public transportation to counties.	d	86,809 (45%)	106,294 (55%)

1960

See also: Georgia 1960 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes; Transportation	Provide for the appropriation of motor fuel taxes for highway construction, maintenance, and infrastructure improvement across the state.	a	282,773 (68%)	133,810 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Higher education governance; Administrative organization	Make the Commissioner of Agriculture an ex officio member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.	d	119,203 (30%)	278,804 (70%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public education funding	Authorize counties to use public funds for school lunch purposes.	a	214,788 (58%)	152,451 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes; Public employee retirement funds	Authorize a $1.00 levy on marriage licenses to fund pensions and costs under the Ordinaries' Retirement System of Georgia.	d	173,170 (47%)	195,012 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Higher education funding; Healthcare	Provide for the repayment of medical loans and scholarships with service at Milledgeville State Hospital.	a	254,520 (70%)	109,713 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Higher education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Provide scholarships to physicians and other personnel for mental health training.	a	251,937 (69%)	111,249 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Higher education governance; Higher education funding; Public education governance; Public education funding	Authorize the establishment of area schools, including vocational trade schools.	a	242,015 (68%)	115,705 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	County and municipal governance; Insurance policy	Authorize counties to purchase liability insurance.	a	232,036 (66%)	118,314 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	County and municipal governance; Transportation	Authorize the creation of a Brunswick Ports Authority.	a	179,466 (53%)	161,234 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	State National Guard and militia	Provide discipline procedures, including courts-martial and punishment, for Militia members when not in Federal service.	a	185,954 (56%)	148,736 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Administration of government; County and municipal governance	Provide for the creation of the Athens Public Facilities Authority and ratify its previous actions.	d	139,699 (45%)	173,948 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Administration of government	Clarify provisions for the payment of contract obligations authorized by the State Constitution.	a	206,952 (58%)	148,528 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Administrative organization; Public education governance	Add members from the State-at-large to the State Board of Education and implement a new method for filling vacancies.	d	121,237 (32%)	257,843 (68%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	County and municipal governance; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for the granting of State funds to municipalities.	a	207,067 (56%)	164,972 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes; Public education funding	Change the provisions relating to the millage limitation for the tax levy for education.	a	194,771 (53%)	170,889 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State legislatures measures; Salaries of government officials	Provide for the salary, expenses, and mileage of the members of the General Assembly.	d	116,296 (32%)	247,233 (68%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Administration of government; Public economic investment policy	Allow the General Assembly to create an Industrial Development Commission to provide loans and tax resources for industrial development in the State.	a	180,174 (51%)	173,625 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Public economic investment policy; Agriculture policy	Provide for the promotion of agricultural products.	a	247,301 (66%)	128,534 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Property; Eminent domain policy	Provide payment for taking or damaging private property for public road and tree purposes.	a	212,516 (60%)	140,167 (40%)

1958

See also: Georgia 1958 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Veterans policy; Taxes	Provide homestead tax exemptions for certain disabled veterans.	a	80,377 (69%)	36,042 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Agriculture policy	Authorize a payment of $100,000 to the first person or company that develops an effective method for eradicating the boll weevil.	d	41,969 (41%)	61,648 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Higher education governance	Allow certain political subdivisions of the state to establish colleges.	d	44,888 (45%)	54,136 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Public employee retirement funds; Taxes	Authorize the levy of taxes for paying retirement benefits to state peace officers.	d	33,220 (30%)	76,036 (70%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	State judicial authority	Allow judicial service by Judges Emeritus of the Superior Courts in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit.	d	37,122 (40%)	54,603 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Public education funding; Taxes	Authorize taxation over the entire state to include a tax for school lunch purposes.	d	36,489 (34%)	71,727 (66%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Public employee retirement funds; Taxes	Allow taxation to pay pensions and other benefits under an ordinary retirement system.	d	31,986 (30%)	75,383 (70%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Property; Taxes	Provide ad valorem tax exemptions for certain fraternity and sorority property.	d	31,516 (30%)	72,044 (70%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Higher education governance; Higher education funding	Authorize the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to grant scholarships to students lacking funds for higher education.	a	75,150 (66%)	38,369 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Higher education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize state departments and agencies to disburse state funds to employees for graduate or post-graduate educational scholarships.	a	56,862 (53%)	50,600 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Transportation; County and municipal governance	The measure would have created the Brunswick Port Authority.	d	45,488 (46%)	53,234 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance; Taxes	Authorized counties to levy a tax for school lunches.	d	42,009 (38%)	69,146 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Higher education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize the State Board of Education to grant scholarships to Georgia citizens pursuing teaching careers.	a	64,348 (59%)	44,063 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Higher education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Provide scholarships to physicians and other personnel for specialized psychiatric training.	d	52,292 (49%)	55,357 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	State judiciary	Allow Emeritus Judges to preside over the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Superior Courts.	a	52,118 (51%)	49,290 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Transportation; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize counties and municipalities to issue revenue certificates for purchasing and leasing transit equipment.	d	42,751 (43%)	56,805 (57%)

1956

See also: Georgia 1956 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary	Grant the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals jurisdiction to review final judgments of Juvenile Courts by writ of error.	a	130,982 (78%)	37,680 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	County and municipal governance; Public education governance	Merge the independent school system of Canton with the existing school system of the County of Cherokee.	a	92,949 (74%)	33,060 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	County and municipal governance; Public education governance	Merge the City of Cordele's school system with the adjacent school district in Crisp County into one unified system.	a	91,458 (75%)	30,792 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Constitutional wording changes	Change the method of amending the Constitution.	a	102,579 (63%)	60,683 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State judiciary	Authorize the creation of traffic courts in certain cities by the General Assembly.	a	110,467 (66%)	56,762 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State legislatures measures	Allow the General Assembly to consider pending business at a later session.	a	104,024 (68%)	48,267 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Salaries of government officials	Allow salary changes for officers without affecting current salaries.	a	95,463 (65%)	52,218 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 50	County and municipal governance; Taxes	Consolidate the Board of Tax Assessors for the City of Augusta and Richmond County for both real and personal property.	a	87,228 (74%)	31,021 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 57	County and municipal governance; Public education governance	Create one school district for Walton County, exclusive of the Independent School System of Social Circle, with a board composed of 7-9 members	a	81,598 (73%)	29,928 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State judiciary	Allow emeritus judges to preside over their respective courts and authorize the General Assembly to provide for such service.	a	103,087 (72%)	40,615 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State judiciary	Fix the terms of office for Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit.	a	101,480 (72%)	38,668 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Fossil fuel energy; State executive official measures	Authorize the governor to pay $250,000 to the first person or entity bringing in the first commercial oil well in the state.	a	90,178 (58%)	64,067 (42%)

1954

See also: Georgia 1954 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administration of government; County and municipal governance	Authorize the General Assembly to allow municipalities to self-govern	a	172,733 (78%)	48,808 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Healthcare governance; County and municipal governance	Enlarge the membership of the Macon-Bibb County Health Board, and authorize the City Council of Macon and the Commissioners of Bibb County to enact health regulations	a	73,530 (72%)	28,190 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	County and municipal governance; Public education governance	Allow the merger of the Canton school system with the Cherokee County school system	d	69,862 (73%)	26,346 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Administration of government; State legislatures measures	Limit the time of the annual sessions of the General Assembly to 40 days	a	144,787 (73%)	53,245 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	County and municipal governance; Public education governance	Establish a single school district for all of Clarke County under one Board of Education	a	67,945 (74%)	24,351 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	County and municipal governance; Public education governance	Authorize the merger of Douglas City’s independent school system with Coffee County’s school district, and create a countywide district with a seven-member Board of Education	a	65,886 (72%)	25,188 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 27	County and municipal governance; Taxes	Prohibit tax exemptions for homesteads from applying to taxes levied to fund education in DeKalb County	d	63,674 (58%)	45,357 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	Administration of government; County and municipal governance	Allow the consolidation of the City of Albany and Dougherty County	d	59,387 (58%)	42,841 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes; Property	Allow tax exemptions for property owned by religious groups for residential purposes if no income is derived from the property	a	149,056 (73%)	54,679 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 30	Public education governance; County and municipal governance	Authorize the General Assembly to consolidate Elberton City and Elbert County schools and establish a Board of Education with defined qualifications and powers	d	61,617 (71%)	24,688 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 32	Taxes; County and municipal governance	Prohibit tax exemptions for homesteads from applying to taxes levied for the support and maintenance of education in the Fulton County School District	a	57,816 (60%)	38,729 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 33	County and municipal governance; Public education funding	Limit the Fulton County Board of Education’s debt for the school district to 10% of the assessed value of all taxable property	a	64,747 (70%)	28,095 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State legislative authority; School choice policy	Allow the Georgia General Assembly to provide grants of state or local funds to citizens for educational purposes	a	210,478 (54%)	181,148 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 44	Public education funding; Public education governance; County and municipal governance	Authorize the General Assembly to merge the Thomasville City and Thomas County school systems, establish an elected school board, appoint superintendents, increase the school tax rate to 20 mills, and require voter approval before implementation	d	60,370 (70%)	26,476 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 45	County and municipal governance; Public education governance	Establish that Tift County would have one school district under the control of a County Board of Education	a	61,687 (73%)	23,141 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes; Public employee retirement funds	Allow a tax to fund pensions for firemen	a	122,747 (61%)	77,381 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Public economic investment policy; County and municipal governance	Add a new article to the constitution titled Slum Clearance and Redevelopment, addressing the government's use of eminent domain for low-income housing projects	a	137,419 (68%)	63,997 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes; County and municipal governance	Allow counties to remove or increase the limitation of tax levies for education	a	109,178 (54%)	94,171 (46%)

1952

See also: Georgia 1952 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State executive elections	Allow nominations by political parties for major statewide offices and judicial positions with county elections by the people	d	279,882 (48%)	309,170 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Constitutional wording changes; Administrative powers and rulemaking	Require the submission of amendments to the constitution that affect only a county or municipality	a	327,680 (85%)	59,165 (15%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Administrative organization; Public education governance	Allow the division of Crisp County into school districts and provide for the election of the members of the county Board of Education by the people and the appointment of the Superintendent by the Board	a	67,601 (71%)	27,385 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Election administration and governance; Public education governance	Allow the election of members of the Union County Board of Education by district	a	69,387 (74%)	24,574 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Public education governance; Elections and campaigns	Provide for the election of members of the Troup County Board of Education and the appointment of the County School Superintendent by the Board	a	60,831 (71%)	24,591 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Administrative organization; Administrative powers and rulemaking	Authorize the General Assembly to determine the method for selecting the Fulton County Tax Commissioner, create a Chief Deputy position to succeed the office in case of vacancy, and ratify related legislation	a	81,040 (72%)	30,847 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Sewage and stormwater; Administrative organization	Authorize the creation of sewage districts in Cobb County, the issuance of bonds, and the levy of taxes to fund the districts	a	63,285 (73%)	23,270 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Property taxes; Administrative powers and rulemaking	Authorize the levy of a tax of up to five mills in Cobb County to fund fire prevention districts and prohibit homestead exemption for these taxes	a	51,323 (70%)	21,931 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Revenue allocation; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the City of Macon to issue revenue anticipation certificates to fund improvements and additions to hospital facilities	a	53,845 (75%)	17,540 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Tax and revenue administration	Authorize the General Assembly to consolidate tax collection functions of Fulton County and the city of Atlanta and revise details of tax administration of the city and county	a	64,143 (75%)	21,276 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Local government organization; Highways and bridges	Allow Richmond County to build streets and public improvements and charge the costs to adjacent property owners	a	51,162 (71%)	21,236 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Highways and bridges; Balanced budget requirements	Allow for the appropriation of funds for highway maintenance	a	330,327 (62%)	205,668 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	Property taxes; Administrative organization	Allow the assessment of property in counties with cities with more than 300,000 people by a Board of Assessment	a	63,993 (73%)	23,314 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	County and municipal governance; Public education governance	Abolish the school board of Polk County and establish a new Board of Education, and provide for the election and terms of office of Board members	a	49,514 (73%)	18,768 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Bond issues; Highways and bridges	Authorize Chatham County to issue bonds for the construction of a road to Savannah Beach on Tybee Island	a	51,878 (71%)	21,176 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	Bond issues; Non-motorized transportation	Authorize the City of Savannah to issue bonds for sidewalk repair and maintenance	a	54,297 (72%)	20,812 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues; Healthcare facility funding	Authorize Chatham County to issue bonds to construct and maintain a new hospital	a	53,157 (76%)	16,910 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 25	Healthcare facility funding; Bond issues	Authorize the City of Savannah to issue bonds to construct and maintain a new hospital	a	52,236 (74%)	18,522 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	Healthcare governance; Local government organization	Authorize a combined Board of Health for the City of Augusta and Richmond County to create the Richmond County Board of Health	a	48,396 (75%)	16,530 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 27	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Atkinson County to issue refunding bonds	a	44,054 (72%)	16,906 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	Public education governance; Local government officials and elections	Allow the election of Fannin County Board of Education members and authorize the Board to elect or appoint the County School Superintendent	a	44,490 (71%)	17,947 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 29	Public education governance; Local government officials and elections	Allow for the election of members of the Wilcox County Board of Education	a	44,070 (74%)	15,594 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property taxes	Reduce the General Assembly's allowable property tax levy from five mills to one-fourth mill per dollar of property value, except in cases of war or national emergency, and maintain the higher rate for certain banking-related properties until federal law permits a different taxation method	a	304,299 (76%)	97,912 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 30	Local government organization; Public education governance	Authorize the General Assembly to merge the Cochran City and Bleckley County school systems into a single countywide district	a	41,653 (70%)	17,695 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 31	Local government organization; Bond issues	Authorize the City of Savannah to issue bonds to improve and modernize the storm and sanitary sewage system of the city	a	47,932 (73%)	17,728 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 32	Local government organization; Public education governance	Authorize the General Assembly to merge the school system of the City of Griffin with the school system in Spalding County, and establish the Griffin-Spalding Board of Education with elected members and an appointed superintendent	a	45,558 (71%)	18,655 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 33	Public education governance; Elections and campaigns	Authorize the division of Brantley County into school districts and establish a new method of electing members to the board of education	a	42,552 (72%)	16,295 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 34	Public education governance; Elections and campaigns	Authorize the division of Carroll County into school districts, and provide for the election of the members of the Board of Education and for the election of the School Superintendent by the Board	a	45,351 (72%)	17,354 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 35	Public education governance; Elections and campaigns	Provide for the election of the members of the Appling County Board of Education	a	43,872 (73%)	16,275 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 36	County and municipal governance	Authorize the City Council of Augusta and Richmond County to enter into contracts for the use of buildings and facilities for governmental, proprietary, and administrative functions	a	44,206 (72%)	16,988 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 37	State judiciary	Authorize the designation of pro hac vice judges in the Superior Court of Muscogee County, the City of Columbus, and the Municipal Court of Columbus	a	48,780 (73%)	17,870 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 38	County and municipal governance; Public education governance	Authorize the Judge and Clerk of the Superior Court of Dodge County to divide the county into five school districts, and provide for the election, qualification, and compensation of the Board Members and Superintendent of Schools	a	42,589 (70%)	18,115 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 39	Public education funding; Bond issues	Require the City of Atlanta to assume and pay a portion of Fulton County School District bonds	a	61,797 (78%)	17,595 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Higher education funding; Healthcare facility funding	Authorize the General Assembly to provide scholarships to medical students committing to practice in Georgia and to extend scholarships to physicians and professional staff at Milledgeville State Hospital	a	278,933 (78%)	78,680 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 40	State legislatures measures; County and municipal governance	Increase the power of the General Assembly in respect to the services and functions provided by Fulton County	a	57,935 (72%)	22,458 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 41	Taxes; County and municipal governance	Authorize Glynn County to levy taxes and special assessments to fund projects aimed at preventing beach land erosion	a	41,044 (69%)	18,758 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 42	Elections and campaigns; Public education governance	Allow the election of members of the Floyd County Board of Education	a	48,188 (75%)	16,443 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 43	County and municipal governance; Taxes	Authorize Chatham County to enact policing ordinances, levy occupational license taxes with penalties for violations, and establish a County Recorders' Court	a	45,498 (72%)	17,825 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 44	Public education governance; Elections and campaigns	Allow the Rockdale County Board of Education to appoint the county school superintendent, who may also serve as Principal of Conyers High School	a	41,269 (71%)	16,626 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 45	Administrative organization; Local government organization	Establish the Savannah District Authority	a	45,424 (72%)	17,978 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 46	Local government organization; Public education funding; Public education governance	Allow the division of Effingham County into political subdivisions to issue bonds to purchase school sites and to construct schools	a	41,697 (73%)	15,649 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State executive powers and duties; State legislative authority	Allow for a 30-day period after legislative adjournment to allow the governor to approve bills passed by the General Assembly	a	222,272 (71%)	89,823 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Veterans policy; Public employee retirement funds	Allow the General Assembly to impose a tax to fund pension payments to ex-Confederate soldiers and their unmarried widows	a	218,892 (72%)	84,788 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Property tax exemptions	Authorize the General Assembly to exempt from taxation intangible personal property held in trusts that are part of federally tax-exempt pension, profit-sharing, or stock bonus plans	a	219,954 (73%)	81,112 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Insurance policy; Public employee retirement funds	Extend Social Security and related insurance benefits to employees of the State and its subdivisions under federal law	a	247,141 (80%)	62,726 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Administrative powers and rulemaking; Administrative organization	Require notice of intention for local legislation advertised in newspapers, methods for changing office terms or abolishing offices, and procedures for increasing municipal or county governing authority membership	a	220,908 (74%)	76,058 (26%)

1950

See also: Georgia 1950 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials; State judiciary	Allow the increase of the salaries of Supreme Court Justices and Judges of the Court of Appeals and Superior Courts	d	95,138 (44%)	121,064 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Local government organization	Authorize the creation of industrial areas in Chatham County adjacent to the City of Savannah	a	55,283 (68%)	25,430 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Public education funding; Property taxes	Require the Chatham County Commissioners and Ex-Officio Judges to levy a tax for education on all taxable property in addition to the maximum tax for the support and maintenance of education	a	52,754 (63%)	30,572 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Civil service; Local government organization	Authorize the General Assembly to grant governmental authorities of Chatham County to establish Civil Service Boards	a	54,115 (68%)	25,207 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Bond issues; Public education funding	Authorize Chatham County to issue bonds for building and equipping schools	a	58,398 (72%)	23,023 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Public education governance; Elections and campaigns	Allow for the election of members of the Dawson County Board of Education	a	50,211 (70%)	21,540 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Public education governance	Establish an independent school system in the City of Bainbridge	a	49,785 (65%)	27,004 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Civil service; Administrative organization	Authorize the General Assembly to provide for a civil service system in DeKalb County	a	57,918 (71%)	23,944 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Property taxes; Property tax exemptions	Exclude DeKalb County residents from the homestead tax exemption for school taxes levied by the DeKalb County Board of Education	a	45,668 (55%)	37,496 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Highways and bridges; Local government organization	Authorizes the General Assembly to allow DeKalb County to make street improvements in subdivisions and assess costs with approval from owners of 51% of the affected property	a	50,423 (62%)	30,609 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Public education governance	Authorize the General Assembly to merge the school system of the City of Albany with the Dougherty County school district	a	52,194 (68%)	24,173 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Elections and campaigns	Allow the nomination and election of U.S. Senators, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent, Comptroller General, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Labor, Supreme Court Justices, Appeals Court Judges by political party by the people on a county basis	d	134,290 (45%)	164,337 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Forsyth County to issue refunding bonds	a	49,908 (67%)	24,036 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Bond issues; Public education funding	Require the City of Atlanta to assume and pay a portion of Fulton County School District bonds	a	58,316 (68%)	27,755 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Tax and revenue administration	Authorize the General Assembly to allow Fulton County tax officials to collect City of Atlanta taxes and retain a percentage as compensation	a	54,064 (60%)	35,917 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	Public education governance	Establish that when Atlanta’s city limits extend into Fulton County, the annexed area joins Atlanta’s independent school system and its school property transfers to the City of Atlanta	a	60,963 (67%)	29,374 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	Property taxes; Tax and revenue administration	Authorize the General Assembly to exempt up to $2,000 of a homestead in Atlanta from certain taxes, excluding school and bond obligations, if it simultaneously increases the ad valorem tax rate to offset the exemption	a	51,423 (62%)	31,313 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 25	Administrative organization; Local government organization	Authorize the General Assembly to create independent governmental authorities in the unincorporated areas of the City of Atlanta and Fulton County	a	50,344 (63%)	30,059 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	Property tax exemptions; Public education funding	Require that the homestead tax exemption does not apply to taxes levied for the support and maintenance of education in Fulton County	a	45,828 (59%)	31,785 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 27	State judiciary; Salaries of government officials	Require the Fulton County Board of County Commissioners to supplement the salaries of the judges of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit by $4,000 per year	a	40,974 (54%)	34,502 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	Revenue allocation	Authorize Fulton County to contribute to the support of state-owned institutions within the county	a	50,635 (67%)	25,294 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 29	Balanced budget requirements; Property taxes	Increase the debt limit of the Fulton County School District from seven percent to ten percent of the assessed values of taxable property	a	44,160 (59%)	30,884 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Energy funds; Fossil fuel energy	Authorize the General Assembly to pay $100,000 to bring the first commercial oil well to the state	a	95,540 (51%)	90,609 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 30	Healthcare governance	Authorize the City of Gainesville in Hall County to enter contracts and take on obligations for providing hospital care to low-income sick individuals	a	49,450 (71%)	20,647 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 31	Elections and campaigns; Public education governance	Allow the election of members of the Hancock County Board of Education	a	45,826 (70%)	19,266 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 32	Public education governance; Elections and campaigns	Allow for the election of members of the Meriwether County Board of Education and the appointment of the school superintendent	a	44,481 (68%)	21,163 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 33	Highways and bridges; Property taxes	Authorize Muscogee County to levy special assessments against abutting properties for street improvement purposes	a	42,182 (63%)	24,684 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 34	Bond issues; Highways and bridges; Local government organization	Allow Muscogee County to issue street improvement bonds without the majority approval of voters	a	39,481 (58%)	28,555 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 35	Public education governance; Elections and campaigns	Allow for the election of members of the Rockdale County Board of Education	a	46,778 (70%)	20,256 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 36	Public education governance; Elections and campaigns	Allow for the election of members of the Schley County Board of Education	a	45,333 (70%)	19,551 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 37	Public education governance; Elections and campaigns	Allow for the election of members of the Taylor County Board of Education by districts	a	42,899 (69%)	19,110 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Administrative powers and rulemaking; Public education funding	Authorize county Boards of Education to obtain loans	a	106,039 (63%)	62,473 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Elections and campaigns; Public education governance	Allow for the election of members of the Baldwin County Board of Education and for the appointment of the county School Superintendent by the Board	a	56,974 (63%)	33,201 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Local government organization	Extend the Bibb County laws based on the 1940 census for its courts, agencies, tribunals and officers for the 1950 census	a	51,231 (63%)	30,125 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Public employee retirement funds	Authorize the General Assembly to establish and support pension or retirement plans for Bibb County employees, including disability and death benefits, with retroactive service credit and tax funding	a	54,259 (64%)	29,885 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	State judiciary	Authorize the designation of Pro Hac Vice Judges in the Eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia, which allowed judges not normally authorized to practice law in that circuit to act as judge for single cases	a	44,911 (59%)	30,900 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Airport infrastructure; Administrative organization	Establish the Savannah Airport Commission	a	54,686 (67%)	27,004 (33%)

1949

See also: Georgia 1949 ballot measures

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Authorize funding for public services and allow for additional taxes to support them	d	77,819 (26%)	225,268 (74%)

1946

See also: Georgia 1946 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administrative powers and rulemaking; Public assistance programs; Administrative organization	Create a State Board of Public Welfare, and outline its powers, duties, member appointments, and terms of office	d	44,968 (33%)	91,658 (67%)

1945

See also: Georgia 1945 ballot measures

August 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State constitution ratification	Adopt a revised constitution	a	60,065 (64%)	34,417 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Property taxes; Public education funding	Authorize Fulton County to levy an educational property tax of five to fifteen mills on areas outside the City of Atlanta	a	34,376 (65%)	18,507 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Property taxes; Public education funding	Authorize Chatham County to levy up to five additional mills in taxes for school purposes beyond the existing ten-mill Constitutional limit	a	35,128 (66%)	18,018 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Property taxes	Authorize DeKalb County to levy and collect additional taxes in former local school districts	a	33,996 (65%)	18,514 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Administrative powers and rulemaking; Public employee retirement funds	Authorize the Legislature to pass laws allowing Fulton County to provide pensions to the surviving widows and minor children of county and county school employees	a	34,505 (64%)	19,650 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public education funding; Property taxes	Provide that homestead tax exemptions in the State do not apply in Irwin County for school tax levies imposed by the County Board of Irwin	a	33,961 (64%)	18,982 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public employee retirement funds	Authorize the Legislature to pass laws allowing Bibb County to establish a retirement fund and system of retirement pay for its county employees	a	33,947 (64%)	18,697 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Debt limits; Public education funding	Authorize the City of Atlanta to incur debt for school purposes	a	35,290 (66%)	18,187 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes; Sewage and stormwater	Authorize Floyd County to levy taxes to construct and maintain a sewer and water system	a	34,770 (66%)	17,673 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Business regulations; Local government finance and taxes; Fees, licenses, and charges; Business taxes	Authorize Fulton County Commissioners to levy license taxes, and regulate businesses and taxicabs and cars for hire in unincorporated areas of the county	a	35,186 (66%)	18,131 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	State judiciary; Salaries of government officials	Allow the General Assembly to authorize counties in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit to pay Superior Court judges an additional $100 per month with their state salary	a	32,824 (63%)	19,574 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Administrative powers and rulemaking; Debt limits	Authorize Fulton County government officials to incur new debts if approved by two-thirds of voters in an election where the majority of qualified voters participate	a	34,720 (66%)	18,242 (34%)

1943

See also: Georgia 1943 ballot measures

August 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education governance	Establish a Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia	a	49,605 (81%)	11,465 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State legislatures measures	Abolish split sessions of the legislature, and require that the General Assembly hold regular sessions biennially and limit the session length to 70 days	a	43,715 (77%)	12,946 (23%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Property tax exemptions	Exempt from ad valorem and intangibles taxes the common voting stock of a subsidiary corporation that is at least 90% owned by a Georgia-based corporation	a	44,942 (77%)	13,330 (23%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Salaries of government officials	Establish the salaries and compensation for travel for members of the General Assembly	a	45,917 (78%)	12,647 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	State judiciary	Establish procedures for the disposition of cases by the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals	a	46,544 (80%)	11,402 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Family-related policy	Authorize residents of U.S. Army Posts or Military Reservations within Georgia for at least one year to file for divorce in any adjacent county	a	44,798 (77%)	13,230 (23%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Bond issue requirements; Debt limits	Allow revenue anticipation obligations to not create debts against the political subdivision issuing them	a	52,534 (80%)	12,878 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Public education governance	Allow consolidations of school districts where bonds have been voted	a	46,658 (81%)	11,193 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Debt limits; Administrative powers and rulemaking; Healthcare	Authorize the City of Atlanta, Fulton County, and DeKalb County to enter into contracts and assume liabilities for the hospitalization of low-income individuals	a	44,172 (81%)	10,523 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize the town of Glenwood to issue refunding bonds	a	42,874 (81%)	10,060 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Public education funding; Taxes	Authorize with voter approval a one mill county tax for educational purposes in DeKalb County	a	42,792 (80%)	10,366 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public education governance	Create a State Board of Education	a	49,073 (81%)	11,384 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	Public education governance	Allow Spalding County to be divided into school districts, provide for the election of Board of Education members from those districts, and authorize the Board to appoint a County School Superintendent	a	42,239 (81%)	10,036 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Fulton County to make temporary loans	a	41,958 (80%)	10,628 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Utility policy; Local government organization	Authorize Bibb County to create special districts to provide municipal services such as sanitation, fire and police protection, drainage, roadwork, and other customary public facilities	a	43,109 (82%)	9,648 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	Bond issues; Public education funding	Authorize Chattooga County's school authority to issue up to $35,000 in bonds to replace a high school building in the Summerville district that was destroyed by fire	a	42,936 (82%)	9,393 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Cobb County to issue funding bonds and require the county to operate on a cash basis	a	42,758 (82%)	9,639 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 25	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the City of Ray City to issue refunding bonds	a	42,359 (81%)	9,705 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	Public economic investment policy; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Fulton County and the City of Atlanta to advertise and promote their agricultural, industrial, historic, recreational, and natural resources and assets	a	42,355 (80%)	10,463 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 27	Local government finance and taxes; Public employee retirement funds	Authorize the Legislature to establish pension or retirement funds for employees of Richmond County and The Board of Health	a	41,004 (78%)	11,300 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	Administrative organization; State judiciary; Administrative powers and rulemaking	Authorize 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	43,796 (80%)	10,727 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Law enforcement; Administrative powers and rulemaking	Remove the Governor's power to grant reprieves, pardons, and commutations, except for death and treason sentences, and establish a State Board of Pardons and Paroles	a	49,994 (82%)	11,096 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public employee retirement funds; Taxes	Authorize the State, counties, and municipalities to levy taxes to fund pensions, benefits, and costs under a Teacher's Retirement System	a	48,351 (79%)	12,900 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Voting age policy	Establish the legal voting age at 18 years old	a	42,284 (68%)	19,682 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Game and fish commissions	Establish the State Game and Fish Commission	a	46,564 (78%)	12,907 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Veterans policy; Civil service	Require that neither the State nor any political subdivision can implement a civil service system without providing equal preferences to honorably discharged veterans, as required by federal law	a	46,957 (79%)	12,602 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Administrative powers and rulemaking; Utility policy	Establish the Public Service Commission as Constitutional Officers	a	45,693 (78%)	13,053 (22%)

1941

See also: Georgia 1941 ballot measures

June 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Executive official term limits	Establish four year terms for the governor and other constitutional officers	a	50,110 (62%)	30,190 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the city of Doerun to issue refunding bonds	a	20,558 (70%)	8,927 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Miller County to issue warrant funding bonds	a	20,378 (69%)	9,096 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Bond issues; Public education funding	Authorize the Jeff Davis County Excelsior Consolidated School District to issue refunding bonds	a	20,632 (70%)	8,681 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Public education funding; Bond issues	Authorize the Wilcox County Abbeville Consolidated School District to issue refunding bonds	a	20,635 (71%)	8,593 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize the City of Crawford to issue refunding bonds	a	20,305 (70%)	8,608 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Cobb County to issue funding bonds	a	20,644 (70%)	8,780 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the City of Claxton to issue refunding bonds	a	20,126 (70%)	8,583 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Property tax exemptions	Exempt new buildings from ad valorem taxes in the City of Macon for five years	a	19,959 (67%)	9,638 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the City of Waycross to incur additional indebtedness	a	19,548 (68%)	9,272 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Irwin County to issue funding bonds	a	20,067 (70%)	8,643 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Election administration and governance; Executive official term limits	Require the election of a Governor every four years	a	48,221 (63%)	28,049 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	State judiciary	Increase the jurisdiction of Justice Courts	a	42,438 (78%)	11,768 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Administrative powers and rulemaking; Healthcare governance	Authorize counties and municipalities to enter contracts with each other or public agencies to provide hospitalization for low-income individuals	a	37,015 (80%)	9,072 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Public education funding; Bond issues	Authorize the Wrightsville Consolidated School District to issue refunding bonds	a	20,296 (71%)	8,307 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Hancock County to issue refunding bonds	a	20,055 (70%)	8,410 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Cook County to issue funding bonds	a	20,085 (70%)	8,431 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 25	Defense-related funding; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the City of Macon to incur debt for defense	a	20,754 (72%)	8,197 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	Public education funding; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the Mitchell County Board of Education to make loans	a	20,108 (70%)	8,490 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 27	Taxes; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the City of Macon to levy taxes for future territory	a	19,935 (70%)	8,587 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the City of Vidalia to issue refunding bonds	a	19,873 (71%)	8,261 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 29	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize the City of Hazlehurst to issue refunding bonds	a	19,850 (71%)	8,166 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Hart County to issue funding bonds	a	22,171 (70%)	9,631 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 30	Bond issues; Public education funding	Authorize the Crawford School District to issue refunding bonds	a	20,030 (71%)	8,159 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 31	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Irwin County to issue funding bonds	a	19,792 (71%)	8,135 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 32	Bond issues; Public education funding	Authorize the Davisboro Consolidated School to issue refunding bonds	a	20,000 (71%)	8,229 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 33	Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Bibb County to make temporary loans	a	19,984 (71%)	8,327 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 34	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the City of Gainesville to issue refunding bonds	a	20,121 (71%)	8,162 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 35	Public education funding; Bond issues	Authorize the Adrian (1st) Consolidated School District to issue refunding bonds	a	19,928 (71%)	8,207 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 36	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize the City of Reidsville to issue refunding bonds	a	19,879 (71%)	8,223 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 37	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize the City of Abbeville to issue refunding bonds	a	19,694 (70%)	8,243 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 38	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Wilcox County to incur bonded indebtedness	a	18,894 (69%)	8,566 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 39	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Dade County to issue refunding bonds	a	19,313 (70%)	8,143 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Toombs County to issue funding bonds	a	21,159 (70%)	9,226 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 40	County and municipal governance; Bond issues	Authorize the City of Cordele to issue refunding bonds	a	19,595 (71%)	8,119 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 41	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the City of Lexington to issue refunding bonds	a	19,518 (71%)	8,003 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 42	Public education funding; Property taxes	Authorize Chatham County to levy a school tax	a	19,839 (69%)	8,745 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 43	Public education funding; Bond issues	Authorize the Sandy Springs Consolidated School District to issue refunding bonds	a	19,630 (71%)	8,008 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 44	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Cook County to issue refunding bonds	a	19,495 (70%)	8,213 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 45	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Quitman County to issue funding bonds	a	19,515 (71%)	8,115 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 46	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Miller County to issue warrant funding bonds	a	19,202 (69%)	8,514 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 47	Public education funding; Bond issues	Authorize the Sunny Hill Consolidated School to issue bonds	a	19,176 (70%)	8,332 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 48	Public education funding; Bond issues	Authorize the Johnson Corder School District to issue refunding bonds	a	19,517 (70%)	8,269 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 49	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Evans County to issue funding bonds	a	19,518 (71%)	8,103 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Paulding County to issue funding bonds	a	21,757 (70%)	9,226 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 50	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the City of Stone Mountain to issue refunding bonds	a	19,720 (71%)	8,069 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 51	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Walker County to issue funding bonds	a	19,676 (71%)	8,168 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 52	Water; Local government organization	Authorize DeKalb County to establish prevention systems related to sewer, water and fire prevention, and parks and hospitals	a	21,675 (74%)	7,807 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 53	Public education funding; Bond issues; Education	Authorize Jefferson County School District No. 10 to issue refunding bonds	a	19,754 (71%)	8,077 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 54	Utility policy; Taxes	Exempt rural electric corporations from taxes	a	37,908 (76%)	11,895 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 55	Public education governance	Establish the term of office for the state school superintendent	a	43,609 (75%)	14,596 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 56	Public education funding; Bond issues	Authorize the Sparks-Adel Consolidated School District to issue refunding bonds	a	20,122 (71%)	8,245 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 57	Bond issues; Public education funding	Authorize the Evans County Claxton Consolidated School District to issue refunding bonds	a	19,679 (71%)	8,204 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 58	Bond issues; Public employee retirement funds	Authorize Effingham County to issue retirement bonds	a	19,299 (70%)	8,173 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 59	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Chattooga County to issue funding bonds	a	19,804 (70%)	8,327 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Jeff Davis County to issue funding bonds	a	21,129 (70%)	8,863 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 60	Bond issues; Public education funding	Authorize Jefferson County School District No. 1 to issue refunding bonds	a	19,516 (71%)	8,083 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 61	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Baker County to issue bonds to fund unpaid debt	a	19,428 (70%)	8,207 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 62	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize the City of Cochran to issue refunding bonds	a	19,351 (70%)	8,159 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 63	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize the City of Unadilla to issue refunding bonds	a	19,369 (70%)	8,209 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 64	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Calhoun County to issue funding bonds	a	19,558 (70%)	8,243 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 65	Local government finance and taxes	Authorize a payment of $50,000 by the city of Savannah to the National Gypsum Company to fund construction of a wharf on the Savannah River	a	20,177 (71%)	8,343 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 66	Bond issues; County and municipal governance	Authorize the City of Washington to issue refunding bonds	a	19,592 (71%)	8,043 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 67	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Catoosa County to issue funding bonds	a	19,505 (71%)	8,080 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 68	Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the State to advertise and promote its agricultural, industrial, historic, recreational, and natural resources	a	28,610 (74%)	10,191 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 69	State legislative processes and sessions	Establish an annual fifty day session of the General Assembly	d	28,238 (50%)	28,519 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Oglethorpe County to issue funding bonds	a	21,140 (71%)	8,790 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 70	Defense-related funding; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Bibb County to issue debt certificates for defense purposes	a	19,869 (70%)	8,678 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize Dodge County to issue funding bonds	a	20,957 (70%)	9,114 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize Wilcox County to issue funding bonds	a	20,805 (70%)	8,901 (30%)

1939

See also: Georgia 1939 ballot measures

June 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	County and municipal governance; Water	Allow the City of Atlanta to issue revenue certificates for the waterworks and sanitary department	a	17,312 (62%)	10,410 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Allow the City of Carrollton to issue refunding bonds	a	16,598 (62%)	10,361 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Highways and bridges; Bond issues	Allow the Governor to issue highway bonds to refund highway certificates	a	17,234 (59%)	11,762 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Macon to retire its deficit and pay its current debt	a	16,915 (62%)	10,160 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Public employee retirement funds; Local government finance and taxes; Public school teachers and staff	Authorize the General Assembly to enact laws to allow Fulton County to create a pension fund for county school employees	a	16,908 (62%)	10,534 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Authorize the City of Quitman to issue refunding bonds	a	16,643 (62%)	10,263 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Fitzgerald to levy a tax for advertising the city to secure new industries	a	16,335 (61%)	10,602 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Quitman to obtain temporary loans and issue debt certificates	a	16,452 (61%)	10,375 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Civil service; Local government organization	Allow the General Assembly to enact laws to create a Civil Service Commission in Fulton County	a	16,708 (61%)	10,766 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Allow the City of Greenville to issue refunding bonds	a	16,519 (62%)	10,329 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Bond issues; Water	Allow the City of Savannah to issue bonds to construct a water supply plant	a	21,885 (68%)	10,129 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public education funding	Allow the Board of Education of Fulton, Floyd, and DeKalb counties to make temporary loans	a	17,393 (63%)	10,417 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	Highways and bridges; Local government organization	Authorize the continuation of the Coastal Highway District as a corporate and political body comprising six counties and to permit the issuance of bonds for paving and related purposes	a	17,079 (60%)	11,270 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Sylvania to issue refunding bonds	a	16,560 (62%)	10,251 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Ocilla to issue refunding bonds	a	16,504 (62%)	10,317 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	Bond issues; Public education funding	Allow the Liberty County Willie Consolidated School District to issue refunding bonds	a	16,557 (62%)	10,281 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Allow Bacon County to issue refunding bonds	a	16,543 (62%)	10,285 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 25	Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City Council of Augusta to make temporary loans and retire the City's debt	a	17,059 (63%)	10,230 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Nashville to issue refunding bonds	a	16,505 (62%)	10,294 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 27	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Allow the City of Ocilla to issue refunding bonds	a	16,484 (62%)	10,284 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	County and municipal governance; Bond issues	Allow the City of Savannah to purchase land bonds	a	16,727 (62%)	10,387 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 29	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Ray City to issue refunding bonds	a	16,491 (62%)	10,272 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public education funding; Bond issues	Allow the Johnson County Kite Consolidated School to issue refunding bonds	a	16,863 (62%)	10,290 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 30	Bond issues; Healthcare facility funding; Local government finance and taxes	Allow Tift County to issue bonds to construct and maintain a hospital	a	17,008 (63%)	9,973 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 31	State legislatures measures; Local government officials and elections	Authorize the Legislature to enact laws allowing for the appointment of a chief clerk, assistant, or deputy in Fulton County and to fill vacancies in specified county offices for the remainder of the unexpired terms	a	16,738 (61%)	10,500 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 32	Public education funding; Bond issues	Allow the Fulton County Board of Education to assume the school bonds of East Point and College Park	a	17,039 (63%)	10,218 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 33	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Allow the Town of Bowdon to issue refunding bonds	a	16,517 (62%)	10,204 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public education funding; Bond issues	Allow the Tattnall County Reidsville School District to issue refunding bonds	a	16,854 (62%)	10,279 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Salaries of government officials; State judiciary	Allow the increase in salary of the DeKalb County circuit court judge	a	15,875 (58%)	11,352 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Civil trials; State judiciary; Criminal trials	Allow Superior Court Judges to hear matters not requiring a jury verdict during judicial vacation	a	18,375 (64%)	10,335 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Pearson to issue refunding bonds	a	16,628 (62%)	10,366 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Bond issues; County and municipal governance	Allow Grady County to issue warrant refunding bonds	a	16,550 (61%)	10,502 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Blackshear to issue refunding bonds	a	16,609 (62%)	10,345 (38%)

1938

See also: Georgia 1938 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes; Sewage and stormwater	Allow an increase to the bonded indebtedness of the City of Adel to fund a waterworks sewerage and electric system	a	22,157 (81%)	5,066 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Taxes	Allow counties to levy taxes for the fire protection and conservation of forests and natural resources	a	28,418 (79%)	7,536 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Public education funding; Taxes	Allow Floyd County to levy a tax to benefit high schools outside of the City of Rome	a	21,844 (80%)	5,347 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	County and municipal governance; Bond issues	Allow the City of Gainesville to issue refunding bonds	a	22,017 (82%)	4,887 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	County and municipal governance; Bond issues	Allow the City of Homerville to issue refunding bonds	a	21,941 (82%)	4,854 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Allow the City of Homerville to issue refunding bonds	a	21,901 (82%)	4,906 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Healthcare facility funding; Local government finance and taxes; Taxes	Allow the General Assembly to authorize counties to levy taxes to care for the sick	a	28,532 (81%)	6,669 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Jefferson to issue refunding bonds	a	21,986 (82%)	4,889 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Public education funding; Bond issues	Allow the Twigg County Jeffersonville School District to issue refunding bonds	a	21,955 (82%)	4,869 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Macon to make temporary loans	a	21,868 (82%)	4,926 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Public education funding; Bond issues	Allow the Ware County Pineview Jamestown School District to issue refunding bonds	a	21,992 (82%)	4,869 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Allow the City of Baxley to issue refunding bonds	a	22,170 (82%)	4,924 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Savannah to issue refunding bonds	a	22,511 (82%)	4,813 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Allow the Town of Sparks to issue refunding bonds	a	21,846 (82%)	4,782 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Vidalia to issue refunding bonds	a	21,650 (82%)	4,690 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues	Allow the Town of Willacoochee to issue refunding bonds	a	21,653 (82%)	4,723 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Bond issues; Public education funding	Allow the Berrien County Beaverdam School District to issue refunding bonds	a	22,136 (82%)	4,932 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Blue Ridge to create bonded debt	a	21,963 (82%)	4,922 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes; Public education governance; Public education funding	Establish a county-unit school system in Brantley County and levy an additional school tax	a	21,987 (81%)	5,110 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes; Local government finance and taxes	Establish fire prevention districts in Cobb County and provided for a tax levy to support the districts	a	23,309 (82%)	5,039 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Dublin to issue refunding bonds	a	22,100 (82%)	4,845 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Bond issues; Local government finance and taxes	Allow the City of Eastman to issue refunding bonds	a	22,001 (82%)	4,889 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Local government finance and taxes	Allow Fannin County to make temporary loans	a	21,984 (82%)	4,926 (18%)

1936

See also: Georgia 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Property taxes	Classify property and limit taxes for state and local governments	d	65,093 (30%)	149,898 (70%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State executive powers and duties; Administrative powers and rulemaking	Establish the office of Lieutenant Governor as President of the Senate, and outlines succession to the Governor	d	19,162 (13%)	124,409 (87%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public education governance	Create the office of State School Superintendent to replace the office of State School Commissioner	d	81,996 (46%)	96,804 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Executive official term limits; State executive official measures	Establish four-year terms for the governor and other constitutional officers, and prohibit the governor from immediate re-election for four years	d	76,164 (39%)	117,434 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State judiciary	Allow the Supreme Court to dispose cases with delayed filings due to the illness or death of a trial court clerk	a	95,591 (56%)	75,114 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Land use and development policy	Authorize the City of Moultrie to pass zoning laws	a	100,242 (62%)	62,487 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State executive powers and duties; State executive branch structure	Establish the Lieutenant Governor to be the President of the Senate, and allow for the election of a President Pro Temper of the Senate	d	66,784 (38%)	107,137 (62%)

1935

See also: Georgia 1935 ballot measures

May 15

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Referendum 1	Alcohol laws	Repeal the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which ended prohibition in Georgia	d	81,891 (50%)	82,134 (50%)
LRSS	Referendum 2	Alcohol laws; Taxes	Establish licensing and taxation of beer	a	85,433 (53%)	76,608 (47%)
LRSS	Referendum 3	County and municipal governance; Alcohol laws	Allow local option approval of the production of light wine that is exempted from taxation	a	83,155 (53%)	74,535 (47%)

1934

See also: Georgia 1934 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; County and municipal governance	The measure authorized Spalding County to make temporary loans.	a	17,908 (82%)	3,868 (18%)

1932

See also: Georgia 1932 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State executive official measures; State legislatures measures	Require the General Assembly convene in January to inaugurate the Governor	a	155,536 (92%)	13,373 (8%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements	Require electors to pay a poll tax in order to be eligible to vote	a	145,387 (86%)	23,842 (14%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public education governance	Authorize County Boards of Education, Independent School Systems, and Local School Districts in Georgia to enter into contracts with one another	a	112,256 (78%)	32,109 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Property taxes	Allow the State to classify intangible property for taxation with varying rates and methods, exempt forest lands from taxation, and place limits on the State ad valorem tax	d	48,238 (29%)	118,062 (71%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Redistricting policy	Establish a new senatorial district for Berrien, Cook and Lanier counties	d	56,897 (42%)	79,540 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Debt limits; Public education governance	Consolidate local school districts and assume the bonded indebtedness of consolidated district	a	97,270 (70%)	41,361 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State judiciary; County and municipal governance	Abolish the Justice Courts in Richmond County	a	91,399 (70%)	38,614 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Highways and bridges; Debt limits	Authorize the State to assume the debt incurred by counties and the Coastal Highway District for building or paving roads that are now part of the State Aid Roads of the Highway System of Georgia	a	146,666 (85%)	24,982 (15%)

1930

See also: Georgia 1930 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues; Healthcare facility funding	Authorize Stephens County to incur bonded debt to fund hospital maintenance	a	13,457 (58%)	9,599 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Salaries of government officials; State judiciary	Allow Richmond County to pay additional compensation to the judge of the Augusta Circuit	d	9,621 (43%)	12,856 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Railways; Local government finance and taxes; Local government organization	Allow the city of Lakeland to acquire and operate the Lakeland Railway and incur a debt	a	13,698 (58%)	9,849 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Bond issues; Water	Allow the City of Cornelis to increase bonded indebtedness for waterworks	a	13,082 (59%)	9,118 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Bond issues; Energy	Allow the City of Elberton to increase bonded indebtedness for electric systems	a	13,210 (60%)	8,930 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Water; Local government organization	Authorize Fulton County to establish sewage, water and fire prevention systems, and parks	a	11,502 (50%)	11,325 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public employee retirement funds; Taxes	Allow Fulton County to levy taxes to fund pensions of county officers and employees	d	6,761 (28%)	17,506 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Income taxes; Taxes	Authorize a state income tax	d	6,698 (26%)	19,321 (74%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; County and municipal governance	Authorize Washington County to make temporary loans	a	11,184 (51%)	10,818 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes; Energy	Authorize the General Assembly to exempt power and flood control projects for the city of West Point from taxes	d	10,628 (48%)	11,461 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Local zoning, land use, and development	Authorize certain counties to pass zoning laws	d	10,888 (49%)	11,135 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes; Public education funding	Allow Pierce County to levy taxes to fund high school maintenance	a	12,177 (55%)	10,088 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issues; Taxes	Authorize Glynn and McIntosh counties to levy taxes and issue bonds to fund county improvements	a	11,377 (52%)	10,700 (48%)

1928

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Sewage and stormwater; Bond issues	Allow the increase the bonded indebtedness of the City of LaGrange for a waterworks system	a	55,529 (86%)	8,902 (14%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Debt limits	Authorize Fulton and Chatham counties to make temporary loans	a	54,407 (84%)	10,235 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Healthcare facility funding; Bond issues	Allow the increase of the bonded indebtedness of Ware County for a hospital	a	55,891 (84%)	10,265 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Land use and development policy	Allow certain cities with a population of 25,000 inhabitants or more to pass zoning and planning laws	a	54,438 (84%)	10,417 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Non-motorized transportation; Highways and bridges; Bond issues	Authorize the City of Columbus to issue street improvement bonds	a	54,971 (84%)	10,087 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Salaries of government officials; State judiciary	Allow Chatham County to provide additional compensation for circuit judges	a	53,231 (82%)	11,719 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Administrative organization; State judiciary	Establish other courts in certain counties instead of justice courts	a	52,043 (76%)	16,760 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	State executive powers and duties	Authorize the General Assembly to define the duties and salaries of the Secretary of State, Comptroller General, and Treasurer	a	52,806 (81%)	12,367 (19%)

1926

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November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Healthcare; Administrative organization	Allow the collection and preservation of birth, death, disease, and health records	a	33,888 (89%)	4,119 (11%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues; Hydroelectric energy	Authorize Crisp County to increase its bonded indebtedness for hydroelectric power purposes	a	21,226 (65%)	11,239 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Salaries of government officials; State judiciary	Allow additional compensation for judges in Muscogee County	a	25,985 (79%)	6,924 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Highways and bridges	Allow the construction and maintenance of a public highway system	a	26,996 (82%)	5,967 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Public education funding	Allow $3.5 million to fund public school teacher salaries	a	27,288 (81%)	6,416 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Highways and bridges; Bond issues	Authorize Chatham County to issue bonds to pave a road to Tybee Island	a	27,249 (83%)	5,407 (17%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes; Public education funding	Authorize taxes for education in counties with cities with populations higher than 200,000	a	27,122 (83%)	5,591 (17%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Public education funding; Bond issues	Authorize McIntosh County to increase its bonded indebtedness for educational purposes	a	27,854 (84%)	5,203 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Bond issues; Higher education funding	Authorize Lowndes County, the City of Valdosta, or both to increase bonded debt to support the creation, operation, or funding of a college educational institution	a	27,393 (84%)	5,391 (16%)

1924

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November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local government organization	Create a new county named Peach County	a	77,952 (71%)	31,211 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislative processes and sessions	Allow biennial sessions of the General Assembly	a	79,170 (81%)	18,755 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property tax exemptions	Authorize the City of Brunswick to incur debt up to 14% of the assessed value of its taxable property	a	74,435 (81%)	17,261 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	Exempt certain industries from taxation for up to five years	a	68,548 (73%)	25,623 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Administrative organization; Tax and revenue administration	Allow the consolidation of the offices of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector in several counties	a	69,070 (70%)	28,918 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Local government organization	Allow city and county governments to be consolidated when a city has a population of more than 52,900	a	64,918 (73%)	23,673 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Highways and bridges; Bond issues	Authorize the creation of the Coastal Highway District from Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn, and Camden counties and permit the issuance of bonds for road paving	a	70,284 (80%)	17,804 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	County and municipal governance; Bond issues	Allow the increase of the bonded indebtedness of the Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah	a	70,141 (81%)	16,745 (19%)

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