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Right to Farm, but this amendment gives farmers and ranchers a degree of protection that
they do not have now and that
they need for future protection.
Q: What will be different if
Right to Farm passes?
A: If voters approve the
Right to Farm, farmers and
ranchers will have additional
constitutional protections that
they currently lack, and need.
While the courts will ultimately decide the scope of
Amendment 1.
These constitutional rights
receive extra protection under
this measure that not all constitutional rights receive. This
extra protection is a limit on
lawmakers ability to interfere
with the exercise of these
rights. Under this extra protection, no law can interfere with
these rights, unless the law is
justified by a compelling state
interesta clearly identified
state interest of the highest
order. Additionally, the law
must be necessary to serve that
compelling state interest.
The measureand the protections identified abovedo
not apply to and do not impact
state laws related to: trespassing, eminent domain, dominance of mineral interests,
easements, right of way or
other property rights, and any
state statutes and political subdivision ordinances enacted
before December 31, 2014.
Q: Right to Farm seems like
commonsense. Who opposes
this and why?
A: Animal rights groups,
led by the Humane Society of
the United States (HSUS) have
opposed the Right to Farm
movement because these constitutional protections would
hinder their plans to target agriculture at the ballot box
through misleading ballot initiatives. HSUS has spent tens
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