The Amendments
Income tax amendment
This amendment permanently locks tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations into our Constitution.
North Carolina's Constitution already limits income tax rates. This amendment would lower that limit even further, to 3.5 percent.
It won't lower your taxes, but it would make it much harder for future North Carolinians to change our tax code so that it works for all of us.
For years, state lawmakers have given huge income tax cuts to wealthy households and corporations. At the same time, North Carolina communities have struggled with teacher shortages, unaffordable child care and housing, rural hospital closures, and other unmet needs.
The amendment would make it even harder to get wealthy people and corporations to pay what they truly owe in taxes so we can all pool our resources to invest in good schools, health care, emergency services, roads, clean water, and other things we all count on.
Our Constitution shouldn't lock in tax breaks for the privileged few while our communities are asked to do more with less.
Protect our communities. Vote AGAINST tax cuts for millionaires and profitable corporations.
How will this affect my community?
Public schools, food assistance, and health care services won’t be able to serve everyone.
Your local government will have to make cuts to local services — especially in a rural areas.
You may see higher sales tax, property taxes, and fees since costs won’t disappear.
Property tax amendment
This amendment limits the decisions local lawmakers can make about their own communities.
Property taxes help pay for the local services we all depend on: schools, firefighters and EMS, libraries, parks, elections, water and sewer systems, and much more.
The proposed amendment would require the state legislature to limit local elected officials' ability to set property tax rates based on community needs.
It does not mean that your property tax bill will go down.
Analysis of one potential 2 percent limit found that the average homeowner would save about $7 a month, while North Carolina local governments could lose at least $950 million for community services.
And the biggest property owners could receive much larger tax breaks.
Don't trade away our schools, emergency services, libraries, and community resources for a limit on local decision-making that doesn't guarantee meaningful relief.
Protect our community needs. Vote AGAINST tax breaks for big landowners.
How will this affect my community?
If local leaders have to cut teachers, it can impact the quality of your public schools.
Local funding limits could mean more families facing hunger and worsening health.
It can lead to local service cuts, like emergency response and public libraries.
Voter ID amendment
Protect our freedom to vote.
Our democracy works best when every eligible North Carolinian can make their voice heard.
Instead of making voting easier and more accessible, lawmakers are asking voters to permanently put a voter ID requirement into our state Constitution. This would mean that the requirement could not be changed by state legislation, only by an additional constitutional amendment.
This move doubles down on the harm felt by the communities most affected by the voter ID law, including Black and brown communities, students, and rural and older voters.
North Carolinians deserve elections that are secure, accessible, and fair — without unnecessary barriers that can make it harder for eligible voters to cast a ballot.
Our Constitution should protect our freedom to vote, not create more barriers to it.
Protect our democracy. Vote AGAINST barriers to voting.
How will this affect my community?
Obtaining the required photo ID to vote is expensive and difficult, especially in rural areas.
Implementing the photo ID requirement pushes costs to the county governments.
Putting broader ID requirements in the Constitution could make voting harder and future reforms more difficult.
Black and Latine voters are less likely to have qualifying photo ID, creating additional barriers to voting.
Students also face barriers because of strict requirements for which IDs are accepted.