Article II, North Dakota Constitution

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Article II of the North Dakota Constitution is entitled Elective Franchise and consists of two sections.

Section 1

Text of Section 1: “ The general election of the state shall be held biennially as provided by law. Only a citizen of the United States, who has attained the age of eighteen years and who is a North Dakota resident, shall be a qualified elector. When an elector moves within the state, he shall be entitled to vote in the precinct from which he moves until he establishes voting residence in another precinct. The legislative assembly shall provide by law for the determination of residence for voting eligibility, other than physical presence. No elector shall lose his residency for voting eligibility solely by reason of his absence from the state. The legislative assembly shall provide by law for secrecy in voting, for absentee voting, for administration of elections and for the nomination of candidates. ”

Amendments

• Amended with the approval of North Dakota Measure 2, Citizen Requirement for Voting Amendment Initiative (2018) on November 6, 2018.

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: “ No person who has been declared mentally incompetent by order of a court or other authority having jurisdiction, which order has not been rescinded, shall be qualified to vote. No person convicted of a felony shall be qualified to vote until his or her civil rights are restored. ”

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: “ Only a qualified elector may vote in any general, special, or primary election for a federal, statewide, state legislative, district, county, township, city, or school district office, or for a statewide, district, or political subdivision ballot measure. ”

Amendments

• Added with the approval of North Dakota Measure 2, Citizen Requirement for Voting Amendment Initiative (2018) on November 6, 2018.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• North Dakota Legislature, "North Dakota Constitution"
• State Historical Society of North Dakota, "History of North Dakota"

Additional reading

• Leahy, James E. (2011). The North Dakota State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press