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North Carolina Legislative Salaries Amendment (1922)

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North Carolina Legislative Salaries Amendment

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Election date

November 7, 1922

Topic
Salaries of government officials
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



North Carolina Legislative Salaries Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina on November 7, 1922. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported increasing the daily salary of legislators from four to ten dollars.

A "no" vote opposed increasing the daily salary of legislators from four to ten dollars.


Election results

North Carolina Legislative Salaries Amendment

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 72,297 34.25%

Defeated No

138,765 65.75%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Legislative Salaries 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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