ND: 72% Opt for Opt-In
In a statewide referendum yesterday, North Dakota voters chose to reestablish opt-in privacy protections for financial information. A "No" vote on Constitutional Measure Two rejected an opt-out standard for financial privacy that was adopted after the same weak standard passed Congress in 1999. Banks in opposition to opt-in raised over $100,000 to defeat the measure.
N.D. voters say 'no' to bank bill, Bismarck Tribune, June 12, 2002.
Bank privacy measure fails, Grand Forks (AP), June 12, 2002.
North Dakota 2002 Primary Results, North Dakota Secretary of State.
Constitutional Measure Two (PDF), North Dakota Secretary of State.
