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SB 514 - Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage - North Carolina Key Vote

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Title: Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a constitutional amendment establishing marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that North Carolina will recognize.

Highlights:

  • Specifies that North Carolina voters will vote on this amendment during a statewide election held on the date of the first primary in 2012 with a simple majority needed to pass the amendment (Sec. 2).

NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THREE-FIFTHS APPROVAL IN EACH CHAMBER FOR PASSAGE. IT MUST THEN BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF CITIZENS VOTING IN THE NEXT ELECTION TO BECOME ENACTED.

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See How Your Politicians Voted

Title: Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a constitutional amendment establishing marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that North Carolina will recognize.

Highlights:

  • Specifies that North Carolina voters will vote on this amendment during a statewide election held on the date of the first primary in 2012 with a simple majority needed to pass the amendment (Sec. 2).

NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THREE-FIFTHS APPROVAL IN EACH CHAMBER FOR PASSAGE. IT MUST THEN BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF CITIZENS VOTING IN THE NEXT ELECTION TO BECOME ENACTED.

Full Bill Text

Title: Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage

NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THREE-FIFTHS APPROVAL IN EACH CHAMBER FOR PASSAGE. IT MUST THEN BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF CITIZENS VOTING IN THE NEXT ELECTION TO BECOME ENACTED.

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