North Carolina "Sunshine" Amendment (2014)
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The North Carolina "Sunshine" Amendment was not on the November 4, 2014 ballot in North Carolina as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have guaranteed public access to public records and meetings, unless the state legislature provides an exemption via a two-thirds vote.[1]
The proposed amendment was sponsored in the North Carolina Legislature as Senate Bill 311.[2]
Support
Supporters
- Sen. Thom Goolsby (R-9)[2]
- Sen. Wesley Meredith (R-19)
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the North Carolina Constitution
Section 4 of Article XIII of the North Carolina Constitution requires that a legislatively referred amendment go on the ballot after it is approved by a 60 percent vote in each chamber of the North Carolina State Legislature.
See also
Footnotes
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