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Understanding the Legal Process in North Carolina: Lawmaking Procedures and Citizen Involvement

Learn about the lawmaking process in North Carolina, including how statutes are initiated and proposed by elected officials, ordinances by municipalities, and citizen involvement through referendums, initiatives, indirect and direct measures, propositions, and recall of elected officials.

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Understanding the Legal Process in North Carolina: Lawmaking Procedures and Citizen Involvement

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  1. Law Making in NC Warm Up: Use each word in a sentence Refer- Initiate- Propose - Recall-

  2. I. By Elected Officials statutes : laws NC General Assembly passes Ordinances :laws passed by municipalities (county or municipal) Referendum :way for citizens to approve or reject a state or local law

  3. By the people • Initiatives: way citizens propose new laws or state constitutional amendments • Indirect: measure is first brought to legislature to be passed into law, then put to a popular vote if not enacted by legislature • Direct: put to a popular vote directly after being submitted by petition • Proposition:if citizens want a new law they must gather signatures of registered voters on a petition • Enough signatures the proposed law is put on the ballot in the next general election • Recall: voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before his or her term has ended

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