NONE of the three House legislative initiatives got the CNMI voters nod.
House Legislative Initiative 17-1, which would authorize the government to float a pension obligation bond for the Retirement Fund, was rejected: only 3,856 voted œyes while 4,768 voted œno.
H.L.I. 16-13, which would disallow an increase in retirement benefits until all government obligations to the Retirement Fund have been fully funded, was also defeated, receiving 3,992 œyes and 4,258 œno votes.
H.L.I. 16-18, which would authorize the Department of Public Land to use 20 percent of its earning to pay land compensation claims, also failed to get the voters approval: 3,605 voted œyes, while 4,732 voted œno.
The only election precinct where all these proposed constitutional amendments prevailed was on Rota: 290 voted œyes to H.L.I. 17-1 while 234 voted œno; 295 voted œyes to H.L.I. 16-13 while 227 voted œno; and 292 voted in favor of H.L.I. 16-18 while 236 rejected it.
The Commonwealth Election Commission completed the tabulation of the votes on these initiatives at 12:30 midnight Thursday.
According to Commission Executive Director Robert Guerrero, they conducted public education at least a month prior to Election Day so he believed that voters had adequate information regarding these initiatives.
With the help of Northern Marianas College students, he said the commission was able to reach out to many members of the community and show them the pros and cons of each initiative.
Weeks prior to Election Day, he said they disseminated booklets that provided people information about the initiatives.
The initiatives were rejected, Guerrero said, because œmany voters simply do not like the proposed amendments.
Majority of those who voted early also rejected the three initiatives: 786 were against H.L.I. 17-1 and only 619 voted œyes; 778 voted against H.L.I. 16-18 while 629 voted œyes; and 729 voted œno to H.L.I. 16-13 with 675 voting œyes.
Article source: http://www.mvariety.com/2010110331693/local-news/all-initiatives-rejected.php
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