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North Carolina English Language Amendment (2012)
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
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A North Carolina English Language Amendment did not make the 2012 ballot in North Carolina as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
The measure would make English the official language in the state of North Carolina.[1]
Text of measure
The proposed measure would ask voters:[2]
Constitutional amendment providing that English is the official language of the State of North Carolina.
[__] FOR
[__] AGAINST
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the North Carolina Constitution
The North Carolina Constitution, Section 4 of Article XIII, required that a legislatively referred amendment go on the ballot after it is approved by a 60% vote of each house of the North Carolina State Legislature.
See also
External links
- House Bill 475 (full text)
Additional reading
Footnotes
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