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1999 Northern Mariana Islands constitutional referendum

Ballot measure in the Northern Mariana Islands

Ballot measure in the Northern Mariana Islands

A constitutional referendum was held in the Northern Mariana Islands on 6 November 1995. Voters were asked whether they approved of two proposed amendments to the constitution; one limiting the rights to vote on constitutional amendments that affected land ownership to native islanders, and one on establishing an Office of Finance to regulate the spending of the Legislature. The first proposal was approved by voters and the second rejected.

Background

Both proposals had been approved by a three-quarter majority in both houses of the Legislature, and required only a simple majority of votes in the referendum to be approved.

Results

Voting rights in constitutional referendums

Establishing an Office of Finance

to amend Article IV Section 9 of the Commonwealth Constitution establish an office of finance within the Judicial Branch to control and regulate the expenditure of public funds by the Judicial Branch;

and to amend Article X Section 8 of the Commonwealth Constitution to remove the Department of Finance's control and regulation of public funds appropriated to the legislative branch and judicial branch respectively?}}

The proposal was rejected by voters.

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