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TexasTowelie

(117,227 posts)
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 04:39 AM Apr 2022

Group aiming to raise bar for changing North Dakota Constitution submits signatures

BISMARCK — A group of North Dakotans trying to raise the threshold for amending the state constitution has taken a step toward getting its measure to appear on the November ballot.

Secretary of State Al Jaeger announced Friday, April 22, that the measure's sponsoring committee turned in what it says are about 33,600 signatures in support of making it more difficult to change the state's guiding legal document.

If Jaeger's office deems at least 31,164 signatures came from qualified North Dakota residents, the measure will be placed on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Under state law, constitutional measures can pass with a simple majority vote — a bar the group believes is too low. The measure would raise that requirement to 60% of the voters in an election. The proposal would also mandate that only a single subject can be addressed in a constitutional ballot measure.

Read more: https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/group-aiming-to-raise-bar-for-changing-north-dakota-constitution-submits-signatures

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Group aiming to raise bar for changing North Dakota Constitution submits signatures (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2022 OP
Why not move the goalposts in football too? Only 13 point wins mean the game is over bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #1
California has a problem Old Crank Apr 2022 #2

Old Crank

(4,796 posts)
2. California has a problem
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 05:55 AM
Apr 2022

With these isdues.
It can take a bare majority to change the constitution and the change then needs a super majority to change that new law. This isn't always good if people pass nasty laws.
I think 55% is a better number for passing constitutional changes.

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