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Hand-counting measure effort fizzles in North Dakota

September 26, 2024

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A proposed ballot measure in North Dakota that sought to require hand-counting of every election ballot, among other proposals, won’t advance. Initiative leader Lydia Gessele said Thursday the group won’t be submitting signatures by a Friday deadline because they fell short by about 4,000 signatures of the 31,164 needed for the constitutional measure to appear on the ballot….

Some Florida ballots are reissued after misspelling Tim Walz’s name

September 25, 2024

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(CNN) – The Palm Beach County, Florida Supervisor of Elections said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president, was misspelled as “Tom” Walz in some ballots that were emailed to overseas voters last Friday. “The error was isolated to 257 electronic ballots,” the Florida county’s elections supervisor Wendy Sartory Link, a Democrat, said in a statement to…

Online Dashboard Shows You Wait Times For Early Voting in Cass County

November 1, 2022

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Early voting is underway and in Cass County there is a way you can avoid long lines. An online dashboard will show how long you’ll have to wait in line at each early voting polling location in Fargo and Casselton. There is also a mobile version of the dashboard available to access on your phone. You…

MN Secretary of State says Election Day ran smoothly

Simon says the state adapted and adjusted by emphasizing voting in the spring and summer.

November 4, 2020

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MINNESOTA – Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon says even in the middle of a pandemic, the state was able to pull off a textbook election. Simon says the state adapted and adjusted by emphasizing voting in the spring and summer. He adds on Election Day there was really good traffic management, sufficient quality and quantity of personal protective equipment…

Naturalized citizens share their experience voting for the first time

Lydia voted on Friday and Kawar voted on Wednesday.

October 29, 2020

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FARGO, N.D.- Naturalized citizens cast their ballots for the first time and say there has never been a more important time in history to do so. Side by side, it’s easy to think Lydia Zondo and Kawar Farok have nothing in common. They come from two different countries. “I’m from Liberia,” says first time voter Lydia Zondo. “I came from…

Post Office says it’s ‘ensuring to get the ballots home on time’

Cass County says it's expecting to have at least another 5,000 ballots in before Election Day.

October 27, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. — Next Tuesday’s election is shaping up to be one of the largest for early voting. The United States Postal Service in Fargo says your ballot is safe with them. For the Post Office, time is of the essence. “A lot of things the Post Office is trying to do to ensure to get the ballots home on…

Some Cass County voters confused by General Election mail-in ballots

October 2, 2020

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CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The Cass County Finance Department says several Cass County residents have shown concern at already having received General Election ballots in the mail. Anyone who has received a mail-in ballot for the General Election would have previously completed an application during the Primary Election and opted to receive a ballot for all statewide elections. The Finance Department says…

Minnesota Opens Early Voting in March 3 Presidential Primary

It's Minnesota's first presidential primary since 1992.

January 17, 2020

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MINNEAPOLIS–Minnesota voters became some of the first in the country to cast ballots in the presidential primaries as polls opened for the state’s Super Tuesday contest. Eligible voters can now vote at county courthouses across the state, and early voting stations in some cities, and they can also request absentee ballots for the March 3 primary. But the votes won’t…

New North Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice to be Chosen

Ballots will be counted at 4 p.m.

November 25, 2019

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BISMARCK, N.D.–North Dakota is getting a new Supreme Court chief justice. The new chief justice will be chosen by their colleagues and district court judges on Monday. Ballots will be counted at 4 p.m. at the state Capitol in Bismarck. Justices Daniel Crothers, Lisa Fair McEvers, and Jon Jensen filed to fill the chief justice position that was left open…

Early Voting in Cass County Runs Through Friday

Early voting runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

June 6, 2018

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CASS COUNTY, N.D. — Primary Election Day is next Tuesday for North Dakota. If you want to avoid the lines, early voting runs through Friday in Cass County. You can vote from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day at Ramada Inn on 13th Avenue South in Fargo or at Double Tree on Beaton Drive in West Fargo. There’s also a…