The North Dakota Capitol building. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)FARGO (KVRR) — With North Dakota voters approving ballot measure 1 on Tuesday, questions still remain regarding how the single-subject rule will work. The new amendment to the state’s constitution will limit any future constitutional amendments to a single subject. Determining whether a proposed amendment has one or more subjects…
Pat Paschke, Minto director of public works, works on a city street sweeper May 7, 2026, in preparation for seasonal work. Minto residents will vote in June on a half-cent sales tax increase to support street maintenance and other infrastructure. (Photo by Larry Biri/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Two counties and 11 cities in North…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Three ballot measures will be presented to North Dakota voters this year, but one group is organizing a campaign to tell residents to vote no. The first two would require citizen-initiated ballot measures to have a super majority to pass as well as restricting constitutional initiatives to a single subject. The third measure would alter the…
Former Democratic-NPL state lawmaker Tracy Potter speaks next to Dustin Gawrylow, left, managing director of the North Dakota Watchdog Network, and Scott Skokos, center, executive director of the Dakota Resource Council, at the Kennedy Center in Bismarck on Feb. 2, 2026, about the ballot measure process in North Dakota. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) —…
A voter fills out a ballot at the Hillside Aquatic Complex in Bismarck on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. Voters in the election defeated a measure to limit ballot measures to a single subject. A similar measure is on the ballot in 2026. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota groups have organized a series of discussions about…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota legislative leaders have voted to hire outside attorneys to represent them in a new lawsuit over a ballot measure that would change voter-approved legislative term limits. The suit, filed last week, argues that the Legislature violated the state constitution when it passed a resolution creating the ballot measure last year. The ballot measure, if approved, would alter the 2022 constitutional amendment that established legislative…
FARGO, ND – JAN. 22, 2025: Students eating lunch at Carl Ben Eielson Middle School in Fargo on January 22, 2025. Free school meal advocates in North Dakota are calling on the state legislature to prioritize permanent funding to pay for meals.BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe announced Tuesday he has approved the…
A voter fills out a ballot at the Hillside Aquatic Complex in Bismarck on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Ballot measures to amend the North Dakota Constitution could have a steeper climb in the future. Members of the House Government and Veteran Affairs Committee held a public hearing on House Concurrent Resolution 3003 Thursday that…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota voters will decide this June whether to prevent people from running for Congress if they’re old enough to turn 81 during their House or Senate term. A signature drive has succeeded in adding the question to the ballot, Secretary of State Michael Howe’s office announced Friday, and while some legal scholars say the state…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Supporters of a proposed ballot measure that would set congressional age limits in North Dakota have one year to gather enough signatures to put the matter to a public vote. Secretary of State Michael Howe on Friday approved the petition format, starting the timeline for those behind the measure to gather the signatures of at least 31,164 North Dakota voters. Jared…
