Measure on the ballot in the 2018 North Dakota 2018 General Election in North Dakota.
View your personalized ballot, check your voter registration, make a plan to vote, and research every name and measure on the ballot with BallotReady.
Get StartedA “yes” vote clarifies that the North Dakota Constitution excludes noncitizens from serving as electors and voting in federal, state, and local elections.
A “no” vote retains the current language of the North Dakota Constitution and does not clarify that non-citizens are ineligible to serve as electors or vote in federal, state, and local elections.
According to WDAY News, this measure is a distraction from more pressing issues since no city in North Dakota is seriously considering allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections., in opposition to Measure 2 (Learn more)
Noncitizens have been allowed to vote in local elections in other states. According to John Hageman of the Grand Forks Herald, a constitutional amendment is harder to repeal than current state election laws, so this initiative would make it harder for North Dakota cities and counties to allow noncitizens to vote in the future., in support of Measure 2 (Learn more)
According to the Grand Forks Herald, state law already prevents noncitizens from voting in North Dakota, so a constitutional amendment is unnecessary., in opposition to Measure 2 (Learn more)
According to North Dakotans for Citizen Voting, voting in any election should be the exclusive right of United States citizens., in support of Measure 2 (Learn more)
This amendment would clarify that noncitizens of the United States may not serve as electors and that only qualified electors may vote in federal, state, and local elections.
View your personalized ballot, check your voter registration, make a plan to vote, and research every name and measure on the ballot with BallotReady.