Republicans seek to raise bar on constitutional amendments
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican-led Legislature’s attempt to make it more difficult for citizen-led initiatives that aim to change the state constitution squelches residents’ participation in the legislative process and is contrary to the will of the people, lawmakers were told Thursday.
Beulah power plant worker Kevin Herrmann told a Senate committee that the lawmakers “are determined to attack” the initiated measure process “to restrict the power away from the citizens of North Dakota.”
Hermann said the Legislature’s attempt at raising the threshold on citizen-initiated measures “will hamper or stop” residents’ right to amend the state constitution.
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