NORTH DAKOTA ( KXNET ) — This fall, North Dakota voters will have the chance to vote on five measures that will appear on the November ballot.

Most people are probably aware of the measure to eliminate property tax and the one attempting to legalize recreational marijuana, but there are three others you should know about too.

Here’s your guide to every measure appearing on this year’s ballot.

Constitutional Measure 1: The first measure attempts to change some outdated language in sections 12 and 13 of Article IX of the ND Constitution. The sections outline the locations of institutions, primarily universities, in North Dakota. The changes to be voted on are as follows:

• “The School for the Deaf and Dumb of North Dakota” would become “The School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing”
• “A state hospital for the insane” would become “A state hospital for the care of individuals with mental illness”
• “An institution for the feebleminded” would become “A facility for individuals with developmental disabilities”
• “A state hospital for the mentally ill” would become “A state hospital for the care of individuals with mental illness”

Constitutional Measure 2: The second measure attempts to add regulations to four sections of Article III of the Constitution. These sections outline the requirements to submit petitions to the government. The additions to the sections are as follows:

• Section 2: An initiated measure must be limited to one subject
• Section 3: A petition can only be circulated by qualified electors, or people registered to vote who meet certain qualifications, who must write their residential address on the petition
• Section 4: The number of qualified electors required to sign a petition before submitting it to the secretary of state must be two percent of the state’s population. The addition here is that the electors must be qualified
• Section 9: This section attempts to add the same regulations as above to petitions for constitutional amendments. It also attempts to change the number of qualified electors required to sign it to five percent of the state’s population, up from four. This section also outlines the process through which the secretary of state decides if a petition is valid and gives the steps through which it can be voted on

Constitutional Measure 3: The third measure attempts to clarify the distributions from the legacy fund, which is a fund consisting of 30% of revenue from taxes on oil and gas production. It also would decrease the amount available for spending every two years.

• The first change says that earnings from before July 1, 2017, are part of the principal, or the original amount invested, of the legacy fund
• The second change clarifies that the principal of the fund may be spent, but would lower the percent eligible to be spent every two years from 15% to 5%
• The third change clarifies that the investment board should invest the money in the legacy fund
• The final change outlines the requirements for the state treasurer to make a distribution from the legacy fund to a legacy earnings fund without expending any principal

Constitutional Measure 4: This measure would prohibit political subdivisions, or local governments, from putting a tax on real or personal property, except to pay off debt accrued before 30 days pass after voters approve the amendment.

• The measure also goes into detail about limits to that debt
• It also calls for the state to make property tax revenue replacement payments to the political subdivisions

Constitutional Measure 5: This measure seeks to legalize the recreational consumption of marijuana. If passed, it would allow the production, processing, and sale of cannabis across North Dakota.

• This measure would place regulations on how cannabis can be grown
• The state would be allowed to regulate the sale of marijuana

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