anti-corruption amendment

“Anti-Corruption Amendment” Approved For Fall Ballot

North Dakota is one of only a handful of states without an ethics commission

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakotans will be voting on a sweeping government ethics overhaul initiative this fall. Secretary of State Al Jaeger says supporters of the initiative produced ten-thousand more signatures than needed to get it on the November ballot. Billed as an “anti-corruption amendment” to the state constitution, it would ban foreign money from elections, restrict lobbying and create…

Represent Fargo Fighting Political Corruption in North Dakota

The group is bipartisan and is proposing an anti-corruption amendment be added to the state constitution

FARGO, N.D. — In all the years Phil Davenport has been on this earth, he says there’s one thing that never continues to change in North Dakota politics: corruption. “People are using large amounts of money and incentives to influence our elections and influence what the electors are doing,” said Davenport, an organizer of Represent Fargo. North Dakota received a “D–”…