Ballot Measures to be Considered

General Election - November 4, 2008

Constitutional Measure No. 1

• Full Text of HCR 3045 (41kb pdf)
• Official Ballot Language for Measure #1 (11kb pdf)
• Official Analysis (8kb pdf)

Statutory Measure No.2

• Full Text of the Individual and Corporate Income Tax petition (41kb pdf)
• Official Ballot Language for Measure #2 (11kb pdf)
• Official Analysis (8kb pdf)
• Fiscal Impact of Measure (443kb pdf)

Statutory Measure No. 3

• Full Text of the Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Program petition (41kb pdf)
• Official Ballot Language for Measure #3 (11kb pdf)
• Official Analysis (8kb pdf)
• Fiscal Impact of Measure (443kb pdf)

Statutory Measure No.4

• Full Text of the Work Force Safety and Insurance Agency petition (41kb pdf)
• Official Ballot Language for Measure #4 (10kb pdf)
• Official Analysis (8kb pdf)
• Fiscal Impact of Measure (443kb pdf)

Notice

Please note that according to NDCC § 16.1-06-09, "The measures to be submitted to the electors must be grouped and classified as constitutional measures, initiated statutes, or referred statutes and must be placed within such groups or classifications by the secretary of state in the order received, for the purpose of placing them on the ballot. Measures submitted by the legislative assembly must be placed first on the ballot within their classification in the order approved by the legislative assembly. Constitutional measures shall be placed first on the ballot, initiated statutes second, and referred statutes third. After all the measures have been placed within the appropriate group or classification, all measures must be numbered consecutively, without regard to the various groups or classifications."

According to Article III, Section 8 of the Constitution of North Dakota, "If a majority of votes cast upon an initiated or a referred measure are affirmative, it shall be deemed enacted. An initiated or referred measure which is approved shall become law thirty days after the election, and a referred measure which is rejected shall be void immediately. If conflicting measures are approved, the one receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall be law. A measure approved by the electors may not be repealed or amended by the legislative assembly for seven years from its effective date, except by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to each house."