Frequently Asked Questions

The North Carolina General Assembly maintains a copy of the Constitution on its website. Click View the Constitution.

The Constitution itself has provisions relating to how it can be amended. Reread that part of the Constitution. There are also provisions in the General Statutes and other places about amending the Constitution.

The General Assembly decides the wording of the question that appears on the ballot. Sometimes, the wording of the amendment and the wording of the question are different.

One way to figure that out is to read the final version of the bill that the General Assembly enacted in order to put the amendment on the ballot. The final version of the bill is called the Session Law. We have provided links to the Session Laws on the page on this website for each of the six amendments on the November election ballot. Main Commission webpage, where you can find the individual amendment pages.

The General Assembly typically includes language that implements an amendment:

• In the bill that places the amendment on the ballot so voters can decide if they want to amend the Constitution.
• In a separate bill enacted or about at the same time as the bill that puts the amendment on the ballot.
• Within the text of the constitutional amendment, itself.
• It is possible to do it in a bill enacted after the voters decide to adopt the amendment.

There will be six individual constitutional amendment questions on the ballot. Voters have the freedom to vote on each of the amendments as they choose. Voters can choose to vote on all six amendments, on some but not others, or not on any of the amendments. It is not the role of the CAPC to tell voters how to vote.