North Carolina Legislative Travel Compensation Amendment (1924)

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North Carolina Legislative Travel Compensation Amendment

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Election date

November 4, 1924

Topic
Salaries of government officials and State legislatures measures
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



North Carolina Legislative Travel Compensation Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina on November 4, 1924. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported providing legislators with compensation per session and for mileage traveled to and from sessions.

A "no" vote opposed providing legislators with compensation per session and for mileage traveled to and from sessions.


Election results

North Carolina Legislative Travel Compensation Amendment

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 97,248 46.34%

Defeated No

112,606 53.66%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Legislative Travel Compensation Amendment was as follows:

[ ] For Increase of Pay of Legislators

[ ] Against Increase of Pay of Legislators

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

The North Carolina State Legislature can refer statewide ballot measures, in the form of constitutional amendments and bond issues, to the ballot for statewide elections.

North Carolina requires a 60% vote in each legislative chamber during a single legislative session to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 72 votes in the North Carolina House of Representatives and 30 votes in the North Carolina Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

Statutes, including bond issues, require a simple majority vote in each legislative chamber during one legislative session and the governor's signature to appear on the ballot.

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