North Dakota Initiative 5, Congress Term Limits Measure (1992)
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| Topic Congressional term limits and Federal government issues |
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North Dakota Initiative 5 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in North Dakota on November 3, 1992. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported prohibiting anyone who had already served at least 12 years in Congress, in the Senate, the House or a combination of both, from running for either office again. |
A "no" vote opposed prohibiting anyone who had already served at least 12 years in Congress, in the Senate, the House or a combination of both, from running for either office again. |
Election results
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162,150 | 55.52% | ||
| No | 129,930 | 44.48% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative 5 was as follows:
| “ | This initiated measure prohibits a person from having that person's name placed on the ballot for any election for the office of US Senate or Representative if that person has served 12 years in either office or combination of those offices. | ” |
Path to the ballot
An initiated state statute is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends state statute. There are 21 states that allow citizens to initiate state statutes, including 14 that provide for direct initiatives and nine (9) that provide for indirect initiatives (two provide for both). An indirect initiated state statute goes to the legislature after a successful signature drive. The legislatures in these states have the option of approving the initiative itself, rather than the initiative appearing on the ballot.
In North Dakota, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 2% of the state's population reported by the last decennial census. Each initiative has its own unique deadline of one year after it was approved to circulate. The completed petition must be submitted at least 120 days prior to the election.
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