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North Dakota Supreme Court Requirements to Declare Laws Unconstitutional Referendum (1918)
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The North Dakota Supreme Court Requirements to Declare Laws Unconstitutional Referendum, also known as Amendment to Section 89, was on the November , 5 1918 ballot in North Dakota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.[1] The measure required that four of the five North Dakota Supreme Court justices decide that a law is unconstitutional before it could be declared as such. The court still only required a simple majority to pronounce regular decisions.[2]
Election results
| North Dakota Referendum (1918) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 52,678 | 64.62% | ||
| No | 28,846 | 35.38% | ||
Election results via: Legislative Manual, Official vote of North Dakota, 1918
Text of measure
The language of the constitutional amendment can be read here.
See also
- North Dakota 1918 ballot measures
- 1918 ballot measures
- List of North Dakota ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in North Dakota
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Footnotes
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