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Number of North Dakota initiatives by year and by decade
From Ballotpedia
In North Dakota, citizens can initiate state statutes and constitutional amendments through the ballot initiative process. They can also repudiate laws passed by the state legislature through the veto referendum process. The first initiative to appear on the ballot in North Dakota was on the ballot in 1918. From 1918 to 2022, 166 initiatives appeared on the statewide ballot in North Dakota.
Number of North Dakota initiatives by year
| Year | Number of initiatives on ballot |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1996 | 3 |
| 1994 | 2 |
| 1992 | 4 |
| 1990 | 5 |
| 1988 | 2 |
| 1986 | 3 |
| 1984 | 2 |
| 1982 | 2 |
| 1980 | 2 |
| 1978 | 4 |
| 1976 | 2 |
| 1974 | 2 |
| 1973 | 1 |
| 1972 | 1 |
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1 |
| 1966 | 1 |
| 1965 | 2 |
| 1964 | 6 |
| 1962 | 3 |
| 1960 | 1 |
| 1958 | 3 |
| 1956 | 1 |
| 1955 | 1 |
| 1954 | 6 |
| 1952 | 3 |
| 1950 | 3 |
| 1948 | 4 |
| 1946 | 1 |
| 1944 | 3 |
| 1942 | 2 |
| 1940 | 11 |
| 1939 | 3 |
| 1938 | 11 |
| 1936 | 3 |
| 1934 | 5 |
| 1933 | 2 |
| 1932 | 18 |
| 1930 | 3 |
| 1928 | 2 |
| 1926 | 1 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1921 | 6 |
| 1920 | 10 |
| 1918 | 7 |
Number of North Dakota initiatives on the ballot by decade
| Decade | Number of initiatives on ballot |
|---|---|
| 2020-2028 | 2 |
| 2000-2018 | 27 |
| 1990-1998 | 15 |
| 1980-1988 | 11 |
| 1970-1978 | 11 |
| 1960-1968 | 14 |
| 1950-1958 | 17 |
| 1940-1948 | 21 |
| 1930-1938 | 45 |
| 1920-1928 | 25 |
| 1910-1918 | 7 |
Ballot initiative certification rates
The following table shows the rate of certification for ballot initiatives in North Dakota between 2010 and 2022:
| North Dakota statewide ballot initiatives filed and certified, 2010-2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ballot initiatives filed | Certified | |
| # | % | ||
| Averages | |||
See also
- History of Initiative & Referendum in North Dakota
- Forms of direct democracy in the American states
- List of North Dakota ballot measures
- Initiative states compared by number of initiatives on their ballot
- Initiative states in order of first appearance of an initiative on the ballot
