I was tipped off to this by a friend at work ... snuck onto the ballot for Nov. 2nd are FIVE count 'em five constitutional amendments. Also there is a statewide referendum.

In my opinion, all five should be voted down. The most egregious is amendment one, which features deceptive language:

“Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to make Georgia more economically competitive by authorizing legislation to uphold reasonable competitive agreements?” HR 178

While this sounds "nice", in reality this is about is employment "no compete" contracts. Under current Georgia law, these non-competes are severely limited by time period, geographic area, and prohibited activities. For example, a court can strike down a non-compete contract if any one of the three items is found to be unreasonable.

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Ge....


http://repjacobs.com/2010/10/07/about-th....

Vote NO on this unless you want to severely limit the ability of workers in industries like broadcasting and high-tech to find new jobs. Its definitely something snuck in by lobbyists, and deserves to die just on principle due to the use of deceitful language.

Amendment 2 would shake down GA vehicle owners for another $10 a year to fund trauma centers. Amendment 3 would result in more road projects, by allowing GDOT to pay for multi-year transportation contracts one year at a time.

Amendment 4 is similar to amendment 3, but concerns multi-year contracts for things like energy efficiency.

Amendment 5 is apparently unrelated to anyone in the state unless you live in Garden City, near Savannah.

I'm voting NO on all of these because I am*****ed off at these attempts to use the state constitution as a means to achieve big business and big government goals. I don't want ANY more %&^$#@ state road projects, Atlanta is overbuilt, over-provided with roads and not nearly enough public transportation.

And I'm disgusted with the blatant attempt to sneak these through in a year when most people will be focused on the "up ballot" races like Senate, governor and U.S. House. By the time the average voter gets to the 5th or 6th screen, they're likely going to scratch their heads and make uneducated decisions on these amendments. That's what the pigmen are counting on.

Vote NO on all this garbage if you live in Georgia!

every state does it...we have a bunch of absolute **** on the ballot here in oklahoma and the way they right these things with double negatives and such is an absolute disgrace.

the average dolt voter has no idea what these things even mean.

disgusting is right.

I'm researching my candidates and constitutional amendments this morning. In my local city race we have 3 seats open on the council. Two of the 9 candidates are against raising taxes and fees, the others are greenies and spenders.

Here is an example of how the CA voters CLEARLY vote for change and how the legislature and PTB continue to screw them:

Prop 20 is to remove elected reps from the process of redistricting, which occurs every 10 years, and transfers the authority from the legislature to the 14 member redistricting commission comprised of 5 dems, five repubs and four voters registered with neither party. Approval of the commission's proposed redistricting boundaries is done by nine commissioners comprised of 3 dems, 3 repubs and 3 from neither party. The redistricting commission was approved by CA voters in 2008.

Also on the ballot is Prop 27 - Eliminates state commission on redistricting. consolidates authority for redistricting with elected representatives.

Whichever prop receives the majority of votes will be the one that goes into effect. Talk about attempting to nullify the will of the CA voters.