North Dakota Supreme Court Requirements to Declare Laws Unconstitutional Referendum (1918)

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The North Dakota Supreme Court Requirements to Declare Laws Unconstitutional Referendum, also known as Amendment to Section 89, was on the November , 5 1918 ballot in North Dakota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.^[1] The measure required that four of the five North Dakota Supreme Court justices decide that a law is unconstitutional before it could be declared as such. The court still only required a simple majority to pronounce regular decisions.^[2]

Election results[edit]

North Dakota Referendum (1918)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		52,678	64.62%
No		28,846	35.38%

Election results via: Legislative Manual, Official vote of North Dakota, 1918

Text of measure[edit]

The language of the constitutional amendment can be read here.

See also[edit]

Suggest a link

• North Dakota 1918 ballot measures
• 1918 ballot measures
• List of North Dakota ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in North Dakota

External links[edit]

• North Dakota Secretary of State, Archived Election Results

Footnotes[edit]

This historical ballot measure article requires that the text of the measure be added to the page.

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