North Carolina Spousal Property Rights Amendment (January 1964)
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| Topic Family-related policy and Property |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
North Carolina Spousal Property Rights Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina on January 14, 1964. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported providing husbands and wives the same rights to each other's separate property. |
A "no" vote opposed providing husbands and wives the same rights to each other's separate property. |
Election results
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274,291 | 80.45% | ||
| No | 66,676 | 19.55% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Spousal Property Rights Amendment was as follows:
| “ | [ ] FOR the constitutional amendments empowering the General Assembly to make the rights of husband and wife the same in each other's separate property [ ] AGAINST the constitutional amendments empowering the General Assembly to make the rights of husband and wife the same in each other's separate property | ” |
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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