Measure on the ballot in the 2020 North Dakota General Election in North Dakota.
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Get StartedThis measure requires an initiated constitutional measure approved by voters to be submitted to the subsequent legislative assembly. Under this measure, if the legislative assembly does not approve the constitutional measure, the measure will be placed on the ballot again, and, if approved by the voters, will become effective. The measure also requires constitutional amendments to be submitted to voters only at general elections.
A "YES" vote on Constitutional Measure No. 2 is a vote to approve the measure as summarized above.
A "NO" vote on Constitutional Measure No. 2 is a vote to reject the measure as summarized above.
"It is in my opinion an improvement on what the founders established because it still gives the people the last word,", in support of Constitutional Measure No. 2 (Learn more)
"A lot of these issues do end up before the Legislature and they have an opportunity to talk about it and they don't," Gawrylow said. "And so ... the initiative process is designed to allow the public to act when the Legislature's unwilling to -- and so putting them into the process when they didn't want to be in the process in the first place is kind of an overreach, as far as I'm concerned.", in opposition to Constitutional Measure No. 2 (Learn more)
This constitutional measure would amend and reenact section 9 of Article III of the North Dakota Constitution. The amended section reads as follows: Section 9. A constitutional amendment may be proposed by initiative petition. If signed by electors equal in number to four percent of the resident population of the state at the last federal decennial census, the petition of a constitutional amendment may be submitted to the secretary of state. An initiative to amend the constitution may be placed on the ballot only at a general election. If electors approve an initiative for a constitutional amendment, the amendment must be submitted to the subsequent legislative assembly. If the initiative is approved by a majority of members of each house in the legislative assembly, the initiative is deemed enacted. If the legislative assembly does not approve the initiative, the initiative must be placed on the ballot at the next general election. If the majority of votes cast on the initiative are affirmative, the initiative is deemed enacted. All other provisions related to initiative measures apply to initiative measures for constitutional amendments. The estimated fiscal impact of this measure is none.
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