Constitutional Measure 1

November 2, 2004

North Dakota Definition of Marriage Initiative

Results

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	223,572	73.23%
No	81,716	26.77%
Valid votes	305,288	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes	0	0.00%
Total votes	305,288	100.00%
Registered voters/turnout	482,722	63.24%

Yes

80–90%

70–80%

60–70%

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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/turnout	482,722	63.24

References

^ Election Results, 2004 General Election Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, 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 Archived 2007-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, Article XI, section 28. Accessed 20 December 2006.
^ "2004 General Election Turnout Rates". United States Election Project. June 4, 2013. Archived from the original on July 9, 2013.

Same-sex unions in the United States

Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States

General unions

U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions

By state	Recognition of same-sex unions in Colorado Recognition of same-sex unions in Texas Recognition of same-sex unions in Florida

Marriage

By territory
(laws)

State (laws)	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Tribal nations	Navajo Nation
Circuit Courts	Fourth Sixth Seventh Ninth Tenth
Other regions	American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

Civil unions and
domestic partnerships

Cities and counties in the United States offering a domestic partnership registry

By state	California Hawaii Maine Ohio Oregon Washington Wisconsin

Category

v t e 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) 2004 Kentucky 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)
2020s	Nevada Question 2 (2020, legalization)
¹: De facto ban, granted Legislature authority to ban same-sex marriage. Reversed in 2013 by the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act.

Results

See also

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