Ga. voters back amendment capping income tax rate

ATLANTA (AP) Voters have adopted an amendment freezing Georgia's top marginal income tax rate. <br /> <br /> A constitutional amendment prohibiting the Legislature from raising income taxes above the current top rate of 6 percent was approved in voting Tuesday. It was among three ballot questions Georgia voters were asked to settle in the midterm elections. <br /> <br /> A second amendment authorizing state lawmakers to impose additional fines for reckless driving that would fund medical treatment and rehabilitation for people with brain and spinal injuries also passed. <br /> <br /> Finally, voters approved a referendum to allow Georgia's public universities to extend their exemption from property taxes to private companies hired to operate campus dorms.