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North Carolina Independent Redistricting Commission Amendment (2016)
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Redistricting measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
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The North Carolina Independent Redistricting Commission Amendment was not put on the November 8, 2016, ballot in North Carolina as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have established an independent redistricting commission to prepare redistricting plans following the 2030 United States Census and thereafter. The commission would have presented three different plans to the General Assembly of North Carolina, which would have had 120 days to approve a plan. If the assembly failed to approve a plan, then the commission would have adopted one of the plans.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot title was:[1]
| “ | [ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST A constitutional amendment providing for an Independent Redistricting Commission to present three redistricting plans to the General Assembly for the purpose of electing members of the General Assembly and members of the United States House of Representatives. If the General Assembly fails to enact one of the plans within 120 days of receipt, the Independent Redistricting Commission will adopt one of the redistricting plans the Commission submitted to the General Assembly.[2] |
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Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the North Carolina Constitution
A 60 percent majority vote in both chambers of the General Assembly of North Carolina was required to refer this amendment to the ballot. North Carolina is one of nine states that require a 60 percent majority.
See also
- North Carolina 2016 ballot measures
- 2016 ballot measures
- North Carolina Legislature
- Redistricting in North Carolina
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 General Assembly of North Carolina, "Senate Bill 28," accessed February 5, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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