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New Jersey Initiative and Referendum Amendment, ACR 67 (2014)
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The New Jersey Initiative and Referendum Amendment, ACR 67 did not make the November 4, 2014 ballot in New Jersey as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have created a system for indirect initiated constitutional amendments , indirect initiated state statutes and veto referendums. The measure was primarily being sponsored by Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon, Jr. (R-13), Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-11) and Assemblywoman Donna Simon (R-16) in the legislature, where it was known as Assembly Concurrent Resolution 67. It would have amended Article I, paragraph 2 and Article II of the New Jersey Constitution.[1]
Text of measure
If ACR 67 had been placed on the ballot as introduced, it would have appeared as:[1]
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Support
- Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon, Jr. (R-13), sponsor
- Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-11), sponsor
- Assemblywoman Donna Simon (R-16), sponsor
- Assemblyman David Wolfe (R-10), cosponsor
- Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini (R-11), cosponsor
- Assemblyman David Rible (R-30), cosponsor
- Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-13), cosponsor
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the New Jersey Constitution
In New Jersey, proposed constitutional amendments have two ways of achieving ballot access. The New Jersey Legislature can either qualify it with supermajority approval of 60 percent in one legislative session or with simple majorities in two successive sessions. ACR 67 was introduced on January 16, 2014, and referred to the Judiciary Committee.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 216th New Jersey Legislature, "Assembly Concurrent Resolution 67," accessed June 26, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Open States, "New Jersey ACR 67, 2014-2015 Regular Session," accessed June 26, 2014
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