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• HCR passed the House on January 29th and was referred to State and Local Government Committee for further deliberation.

What will this resolution do?

• Increases the threshold for approving a constitutional amendment from a simple majority to sixty percent. If passed, the matter will be placed on a ballot for voters to ultimately approve or reject.

Why is this resolution needed?

• The process of amending the state constitution should be possible, yet much more difficult than it is currently.

• Ballot initiatives enable citizens to bypass their state legislature which, unfortunately, can usher in a tyranny of the majority. There are good reasons why our founding fathers created a constitutional republic, rather than a direct democracy.

• Speaking of a tyranny of the majority, abortion rights ballot measures won in 7 out of 10 US States in the general election. North Dakota needs a strong barrier to prevent abortion activists and sympathizers from codifying a right to abortion within our state constitution. The majority of citizens may want unfettered access to abortion, but that doesn’t mean they should get it.