North Dakota Constitutional Measure 1

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Constitutional Measure 1

North Dakota Constitutional Measure 1^[1] of 2004, is an amendment to the North Dakota Constitution that makes it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions. The referendum was approved by 73% of the voters.^[2]

The text of the amendment states:

Marriage consists only of the legal union between a man and a woman. No other domestic union, however denominated, may be recognized as a marriage or given the same or substantially equivalent legal effect.^[3]

Results

Measure 1^[4]
Choice	Votes	%
Yes	223,572	73.23
No	81,716	26.77
Total votes	305,288	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	482,722	63.24

Notes

↑ Election Results, 2004 General Election, North Dakota Secretary of State Election Management System. Accessed 20 December 2006.
↑ CNN.com Election 2004 - Ballot Measures Accessed 30 November 2006.
↑ North Dakota Constitution, Article XI, section 28. Accessed 20 December 2006.
↑ "2004 General Election Turnout Rates". United States Election Project. June 4, 2013.

External links

The Money Behind the 2004 Marriage Amendments — National Institute on Money in State Politics

Same-sex marriage in the United States

Main articles History Timeline State constitutional amendments banning (List by type) Public opinion Status of unions by state Law Legislation Municipal domestic partnership registries Rights and responsibilities of marriage Federal government

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Tribal sovereign nations	Blackfeet Nation Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Coquille Indian Tribe Eastern Shoshone Tribe Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Keeweenaw Bay Indian Community Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Northern Arapaho Tribe Oglala Sioux Tribe Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin Pascua Yaqui Tribe Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Puyallup Tribe of Indians Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community San Carlos Apache Tribe Suquamish Tribe

Civil unions or domestic partnerships also offered	California Colorado District of Columbia Hawaii Illinois Maine Maryland Nevada New Jersey Oregon Washington Wisconsin

Recognition of same-sex unions undefined by law	American Samoa

U.S. same-sex unions ballot measures

1990s	Hawaii Constitutional Amendment 2 (1998, see note¹) Alaska Ballot Measure 2 (1998, Ban)

2000s	California Proposition 22 (2000, Ban) Nebraska Initiative 416 (2000, Ban) Nevada Question 2 (2002, Ban) Arkansas Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, Ban) Georgia Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Louisiana Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Michigan Proposal 04-2 (2004, Ban) Mississippi Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2004, Ban) Montana Initiative 96 (2004, Ban) North Dakota Constitutional Measure 1 (2004, Ban) Ohio Issue 1 (2004, Ban) Oklahoma Question 711 (2004, Ban) Oregon Ballot Measure 36 (2004, Ban) Utah Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, Ban) Kansas Amendment 1 (2005) Texas Proposition 2 (2005, Ban) Alabama Amendment 774 (2006) Arizona Proposition 107 (2006, Constitutional ban defeated) Colorado Amendment 43 (2006, Ban) Idaho Amendment 2 (2006) South Carolina Amendment 1 (2006, Ban) South Dakota Amendment C (2006) Tennessee Amendment 1 (2006, Ban) Marshall-Newman Amendment (Virginia) (2006, Ban) Wisconsin Referendum 1 (2006, Ban) Arizona Proposition 102 (2008, Ban) California Proposition 8 (2008, Ban) Florida Amendment 2 (2008, Ban) Maine Question 1 (2009, Legalizing legislation defeated)

2010s	North Carolina Amendment 1 (2012, Ban) Maine Question 1 (2012, Legalization) Maryland Question 6 (2012, Legalization) Minnesota Amendment 1 (2012, Proposed ban defeated) Washington Referendum 74 (2012, Legalization)

¹: De facto ban, granted Legislature authority to ban same-sex marriage. Reversed in 2013 by the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act.

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North Dakota Constitutional Measure 1

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