State Balloting Process
Article 14 - Constitutional Amendment and Revision
§ 1: Proposals by legislature; approval by electors.
Propositions for the amendment of this constitution may be made by
concurrent resolution originating in either house of the legislature, and if
two-thirds of all the members elected (or appointed) and qualified of
each house shall approve such resolution, the secretary of state shall
cause such resolution to be published in the manner provided by law. At
the next election for representatives or a special election called by con
current resolution of the legislature for the purpose of submitting
constitutional propositions, such proposition to amend the constitution
shall be submitted, both by title and by the amendment as a whole, to
the electors for their approval or rejection. The title by which a proposition
is submitted shall be specified in the concurrent resolution making the
proposition and shall be a brief non-technical statement expressing the
intent or purpose of the proposition and the effect of a vote for and a
vote against the proposition. If a majority of the electors voting on any
such amendment shall vote for the amendment, the same shall become
a part of the constitution. When more than one amendment shall be
submitted at the same election, such amendments shall be so submitted
as to enable the electors to vote on each amendment separately. One
amendment of the constitution may revise any entire article, except the
article on general provisions, and in revising any article, the article may be
renumbered and all o r parts of other articles may be amended, or
amended and transferred to the article being revised. Not more than five
amendments shall be submitted at the same election.
Excerpted from the Initiative & Referendum Almanac by M. Dane Waters.
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