Measure on the ballot in the 2024 North Dakota General Election in North Dakota.
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Get StartedThis measure amends and reenacts sections 2, 3, 4, and 9 of article III of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to the process for approving initiated constitutional amendments, the requirement of a single subject for each petition and measure, the individuals able to circulate a petition, and the requirement that all ballot measures must be voted on at the primary and general election.
A yes vote means you approve the measure as summarized above.
A no vote means you reject the measure as summarized above.
"I appreciate the provision for two separate votes of the people in two different statewide elections. In a sense, this is similar to requiring a bill to be read twice in the Legislative Assembly before final passage. Similar processes are used by many other states. This will allow for serious reflection and contemplation before final passage. This would cause the people to re-evaluate whether a certain proposal is truly a good idea or not without rushing something through the heat of the moment" - David Hanson, Testimony During ND Legislative Session, in support of Constitutional Measure 2 (Learn more)
"The proposed amendment is part of a trend of Republican-controlled states moving to restrict the ballot measure process in recent years. Voters in many states have used the process to enact policies over the objections of Republican legislators, such as protections for reproductive freedoms, minimum wage increases and Medicaid expansion." - Democracy Dockett, in opposition to Constitutional Measure 2 (Learn more)
This constitutional measure would amend and reenact sections 2, 3, 4, and 9 of article III of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to initiated constitutional amendments. The proposed amendments would require both constitutional and non-constitutional initiated measures to be limited to one subject as determined by the Secretary of State, who may not approve the initiated petition if it comprises more than one subject; require that measure sponsors be qualified electors; require that only qualified electors may circulate a petition; require petition signers to provide a complete residential address; and increase the number of signatures required to place a constitutional initiated measure on the ballot from four percent to five percent of the North Dakota resident population. Additionally, the proposed amendments would require that constitutional initiated measures approved by the Secretary of State be voted upon by the voters at the next primary election and, if approved by a majority of the voters, voted upon at the general election immediately following the primary election; if the measure fails at either the primary or general election, the measure is deemed failed.
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