Talk:North Carolina Amendment 1

Election limits

The section showing election laws in North Carolina are what is termed primary source. This means it is quote direct from the horses mouth. Additional non-primary sources are needed. Further, the election limit is not 100% clear in regards to referendum spending. The State of NC clearly states businesses have no limit...however...are NOM and HRC businesses...or do you look to see if big contributors gave to NOM..and they are avoiding individual limit by doing a pass through. Furhter, the $10,000 amount of big donors is odd in Huff Post article....there appears to be no limit near that amount available. So cross check on that is in order.

Not called "Amendment 1"

The North Carolina Marriage Amendment was not named "Amendment 1," nor was it ever referred to as "Amendment 1" in any official documents.

The bill's short title was "Defense of Marriage," and the long title was, "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE THAT MARRIAGE BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN IS THE ONLY DOMESTIC LEGAL UNION THAT SHALL BE VALID OR RECOGNIZED IN THIS STATE." Here's the bill: [1]

Supporters usually called it "the marriage amendment" or "marriage protection amendment," but because it was the only Amendment on the ballot in that election, on the ballot it was simply entitled "Constitutional Amendment." The ballot description was, "Constitutional amendment to provide that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State." This web page has a picture of how it appeared on the ballot: [2]

The only people who ever called it "Amendment 1" or "Amendment One" were some opponents of the amendment who were confused about what it was called. NCdave (talk) 18:31, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Opponents didn't call it Amendment One just because they were "confused about what it was called". Please. They just mostly didn't want to give any support to it really being about defending marriage. Anyway, I agree with you that the common name/main name probably shouldn't be North Carolina Amendment 1. It was most commonly called "the marriage amendment" as you state. Perhaps then, it should be titled North Carolina Marriage Amendment? Thank you. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 22:08, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

I think it really was just plain confusion. I think I recall that when NC has multiple constitutional amendments on a ballot, they get numbered. That's probably the source of the confusion: somebody remembered the numbered amendments in a previous election. But, since there was only one constitutional amendment on the ballot in May, 2012, it wasn't labeled "Amendment 1," it was just labeled "Constitutional Amendment." NCdave (talk) 08:19, 11 December 2012 (UTC)