North Carolina English Language Amendment (2012)

Not on Ballot

This measure was not put
on an election ballot

North Carolina Constitution

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## Contents

* 1 Text of measure
* 2 Path to the ballot
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Additional reading
* 6 Footnotes

A North Carolina English Language Amendment did not make the 2012 ballot in North Carolina as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.

The measure would make English the official language in the state of North Carolina.[1]

## Text of measure[edit]

The proposed measure would ask voters:[2]

> Constitutional amendment providing that English is the official language of the State of North Carolina.

> [__] FOR

> [__] AGAINST

## Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Amending the North Carolina Constitution

The North Carolina Constitution, Section 4 of Article XIII, required that a legislatively referred amendment go on the ballot after it is approved by a 60% vote of each house of the North Carolina State Legislature.

## See also[edit]

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* 2012 ballot measures
* North Carolina 2012 ballot measures

## External links[edit]

* House Bill 475 (full text)

## Additional reading[edit]

* Lincoln Tribune, "NCGA special session ends with amendments on the table," September 19, 2011

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Carolina Journal, "Here Come The Amendments," September 2, 2011
2. ↑ North Carolina Legislature, "SB 140 full text," accessed September 8, 2011 (dead link)

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