North Dakota Establish Initiated Constitutional Amendments Measure (1914)

North Dakota Establish Initiated Constitutional Amendments Measure
Election date November 3, 1914
Topic Ballot measure process and Initiative and referendum process
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

North Dakota Establish Initiated Constitutional Amendments Measure was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Dakota on November 3, 1914. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to establish a process for initiated constitutional amendments that required signatures from at least 25% of the legal voters in at least half of the state's counties.

A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to establish a process for initiated constitutional amendments that required signatures from at least 25% of the legal voters in at least half of the state's counties.

Election results

North Dakota Establish Initiated Constitutional Amendments Measure
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		43,111	66.40%
No		21,815	33.60%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

A simple majority vote was required of all members of the legislature during two successive legislative sessions for the North Dakota State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. This amendment was passed by the state legislature in 1911 and 1913.

See also

1914 Measures

• 1914 Measures
• Initiative and referendum process on the ballot
• Ballot measure process on the ballot
• 1914 legislative sessions

North Dakota

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• North Dakota ballot measure laws

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