Laws governing ballot measures in North Dakota

Citizens of North Dakota may initiate legislation as constitutional amendments and state statutes. In North Dakota, citizens also have the power to repeal legislation via veto referendum. Citizens also have the power to place a constitutional convention question on the ballot via the initiative process.

The North Dakota State Legislature may place measures on the ballot as legislatively referred constitutional amendments. Referred amendments require a simple majority vote in each chamber during one legislative session to be placed on the ballot.

Below are links to the various types of ballot measure law Ballotpedia tracks:

• Laws governing the initiative process in Colorado
• Laws governing recall in Colorado
• Amending the Colorado Constitution
• Laws governing local ballot measures in Colorado
• Signature requirements for ballot measures in Colorado
• Campaign finance requirements for Colorado ballot measures

Statutes relevant to ballot measures[edit]

The following is a list of enacted bills related to ballot measures passed between 2007 and 2015.

• Colorado House Bill 1326 (2009)
• Colorado House Bill 1072 (2011)
• Colorado Senate Bill 216 (2010)
• Colorado House Bill 1370 (2010)
• Colorado House Bill 1035 (2011)
• Colorado House Bill 1293 (2012)
• Colorado House Bill 15-1057 (2015)

Ballot measure lawsuits[edit]

The following is a selection of historical lawsuits related to ballot measure law.

• Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation
• Campbell v. Buckley
• Chandler v. City of Arvada
• Meyer v. Grant
• Independence Institute v. Colorado Secretary of State
• Kerr v. Polis

See also[edit]

• Laws governing ballot measures
• Types of ballot measures in Colorado
• List of Colorado ballot measures