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North Carolina Increase Size of Senate and Reduce Size of House Amendment (January 1964)
| North Carolina Increase Size of Senate and Reduce Size of House Amendment | |
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| Topic Redistricting policy and State legislative structure |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
North Carolina Increase Size of Senate and Reduce Size of House Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina on January 14, 1964. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported this constitutional amendment to increase the Senate membership from 50 to 70, require redistricting of the Senate, and reduce the number of Representatives from 120 to 100. |
A "no" vote opposed this constitutional amendment, keeping the Senate membership at 50 and House membership at 120. |
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 125,334 | 35.83% | ||
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224,488 | 64.17% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Increase Size of Senate and Reduce Size of House Amendment was as follows:
| “ | [ ] FOR constitutional amendment increasing membership of Senate from fifty (50) to seventy (70) , providing for compulsory redistricting of Senate, and reducing number of Representatives from one hundred twenty (120) to one hundred (100) [ ] AGAINST constitutional amendment increasing membership of Senate from fifty (50) to seventy (70) , providing for compulsory redistricting of Senate, and reducing number of Representatives from one hundred twenty (120) to one hundred (100) | ” |
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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Footnotes
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