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Maximum Income Tax Rate of 3.5% Amendment November 3, 2026 ballot

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Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)On the November 3, 2026 ballot

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Not official yetUpdated November 4, 2026

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Maximum Income Tax Rate of 3.5% Amendment
Passed, WUNC News reported.WUNC News, “Voters approve constitutional amendments around voter ID and capping taxes”, November 4, 2026. Unofficial until certified.

Reports are checked daily until North Carolina certifies on November 24; the official result is the state's certified count.

North Carolina Maximum Income Tax Rate of 3.5% Amendment is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Official ballot description: "Constitutional amendment to keep the State income tax rate from being raised higher than three and one-half percent (3.5%)."

As of November 4, 2026, WUNC News reported that North Carolina Maximum Income Tax Rate of 3.5% Amendment passed; the result is unofficial until North Carolina certifies it on November 24.

What a yes or no vote means

A YES vote FOR: lowers the constitutional cap on the state income tax rate from 7% to 3.5%, so the rate cannot be raised higher than 3.5%.
A NO vote AGAINST: keeps the current 7% constitutional cap on the state income tax rate.
Read the certified ballot question

Official ballot description: "Constitutional amendment to keep the State income tax rate from being raised higher than three and one-half percent (3.5%)."

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How it reached the ballot

Maximum Income Tax Rate of 3.5% Amendment reached the North Carolina ballot as a constitutional amendment (legislative referral).

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