North Dakota Ellendale Branch Repeal Referendum, Amendment 2 (1972)

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The North Dakota Ellendale Branch Repeal Referendum, also known as Amendment 2, was on the September 5, 1972 ballot in North Dakota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure ended the constitutional requirement that an educational or charitable institution be located in the city of Ellendale and the removed the constitutional status of the Ellendale Branch of the University of North Dakota. This removal allowed for the state board of higher education to sell and convey certain property owned by the state for the Ellendale Branch to the city of Ellendale or to a nonprofit industrial development corporation.

Election results

North Dakota Amendment 2 (1972)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		68,575	62.38%
No		41,350	37.62%

Election results via: Legislative Manual, Official Vote of North Dakota Primary Election, 1972

Text of measure

The full text of the measure can be read here.

See also

Suggest a link

• North Dakota 1972 ballot measures
• 1972 ballot measures
• List of North Dakota ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in North Dakota

External links

• North Dakota Secretary of State, Archived Election Results
• Mouse River Farmers Press, Sample Ballot, August 24, 1972

Footnotes

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