Pending Petitions

Initiated Statutory Petition Relating to the Operation of a Pharmacy

Full Text of the Petition (35kb pdf)
Timeline (19kb pdf)

Initiated Constitutional Petition Relating to the Practices of Farming and Ranching

Full Text of the Petition (116kb pdf)
Timeline (17kb pdf)

Initiated Constitutional Petition Relating to the University of North Dakota and its Intercollegiate Athletic Teams

Full Text of the Petition (141kb pdf)
Timeline (117kb pdf)

Referral Petition Relating to the University of North Dakota Athletic Nickname and Logo

Full Text of the Petition (146kb pdf)
Timeline (61kb pdf)

Initiated Constitutional Petition Relating to a Clean Water, Lands and Outdoor Heritage Board

Full Text of the Petition (204kb pdf)
Timeline (13kb 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 A measure approved by the electors may not be repealed or amended by the legislative assembly for seven years from its effective date, except by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to each house."