On June 9, North Dakota voters will decide Constitutional Amendment 1, which would, if approved, create a single-subject rule for future constitutional amendments.
A single-subject rule is a requirement for ballot measures to address a single subject, topic, or issue.
Constitutional Amendment 1 would also establish a separate-vote requirement for legislatively referred constitutional amendments. This is a constitutional provision featured in 32 state constitutions requiring that proposed constitutional amendments placed on statewide ballots must be decided by voters as separate ballot questions. In some states, constitutional amendments have been overturned after courts found that the amendments violated the state constitution's separate-vote requirement.
