North Dakota Referendum 2, Public Employee Retirement Program Measure (December 1989)
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| Topic State legislative processes and sessions |
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
North Dakota Referendum 2 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in North Dakota on December 5, 1989. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing state legislators to participate in a retirement program for public employees. |
A "no" vote supported allowing state legislators to participate in a retirement program for public employees. |
Election results
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North Dakota Referendum 2 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 29,452 | 11.84% | ||
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219,355 | 88.16% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Referendum 2 was as follows:
| “ | This referred measure allows members of the Legislative Assembly, at their option, to participate in the Public Employees Retirement System. Under the measure, legislators may choose to participate in the system even if they are participating or have participated in another state-contributed retirement fund. The measure provides that participating legislators must pay both the employer and employee contributions to the system for future retirement credits. Participating legislators are also entitled to credit for prior legislative service but are not required to pay either the employer or employee contributions for prior service credit. The measure provides formulas by which normal and disability retirement benefits for legislators are calculated. Finally, the measure repeals several laws that allow members of various public pension plans to purchase service credit for the time they served as legislators. | ” |
Path to the ballot
A veto referendum is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that asks voters whether to uphold or repeal an enacted law. This type of ballot measure is also called statute referendum, popular referendum, people's veto, or citizen's veto. There are 23 states that allow citizens to initiate veto referendums.
In North Dakota, the number of signatures required for a veto referendum is equal to 2% of the state's population reported by the last decennial census.
A referendum petition with the required number of signatures must be submitted within 90 days after the legislation being referred was signed by the governor and filed with the secretary of state.
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Footnotes
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State of North Dakota Bismarck (capital) |
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