Measure would tighten process for ballot initiatives to amend ND Constitution
BISMARCK — North Dakota lawmakers are looking to make it more difficult for citizen-initiated measures to change the state constitution. The Senate...
BISMARCK — North Dakota lawmakers are looking to make it more difficult for citizen-initiated measures to change the state constitution. The Senate State and Local Government Committee on Thursday heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 4013, brought by Sen. Janne Myrdal, R-Edinburg. The panel did not not take immediate action on the proposed measure, which would require petitioners who want to bring constitutional initiatives to a public vote to have lived in North Dakota for at least 120 days, ban petitioners from accepting money or in-kind gifts, and require signatures equaling 5% of the state's most recent federal decennial census, up from 4%.