North Dakota voters to decide an amendment changing the constitutional language used to describe certain state institutions in 2024

The North Dakota State Legislature referred a constitutional amendment to the Nov. 2024 ballot that would change the language used in the state constitution to describe certain state institutions.

Under the amendment, the following institutions would be renamed:

• the State School for the Deaf and Dumb in Devils Lake would become the state School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing;
• the State Hospital for the Insane in Jamestown would become the State Hospital for the Care of Individuals with Mental Illness; and
• the Institution for the Feeble-Minded in Grafton would become “a facility for individuals with developmental disabilities.”