North Carolina Balanced Budget Amendment (1977)
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| Topic Balanced budget requirements |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
North Carolina Balanced Budget Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina on November 8, 1977. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported this constitutional amendment to require that state expenditures for a fiscal period not exceed total revenue and any surplus from the beginning of the period and authorize the Governor to monitor revenue collection and reduce expenditures as necessary to prevent a deficit while ensuring debt obligations are met. |
A "no" vote opposed this constitutional amendment to require that state expenditures for a fiscal period not exceed total revenue and any surplus from the beginning of the period and authorize the Governor to monitor revenue collection and reduce expenditures as necessary to prevent a deficit while ensuring debt obligations are met. |
Election results
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North Carolina Balanced Budget Amendment |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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443,453 | 80.86% | ||
| No | 104,935 | 19.14% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Balanced Budget Amendment was as follows:
| “ | [ ] FOR constitutional amendment requiring that the total expenditures of the State for the fiscal period covered by the State budget shall not exceed the total of revenues raised during that fiscal period and any surplus remaining in the State Treasury at the beginning of the period, and requiring the Governor to effect the necessary economies in State expenditures whenever he determines that a deficit is threatened [ ] AGAINST constitutional amendment requiring that the total expenditures of the State for the fiscal period covered by the State budget shall not exceed the total of revenues raised during that fiscal period and any surplus remaining in the State Treasury at the beginning of the period, and requiring the Governor to effect the necessary economies in State expenditures whenever he determines that a deficit is threatened | ” |
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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