CONSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVE

Nearly double the signatures needed turned in to get free school meals on the ballot in North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — There is a very strong chance North Dakota voters will decide a constitutional initiative to offer breakfast and lunch to all students at no cost. The group “Together for School Meals” has delivered petitions to the Secretary of State’s office in Bismarck. They turned in nearly 19-hundred petition packets containing around 57,000 signatures. A little more…

Group holds meetings across state to educate voters on ballot measures regarding term limits, constitutional initiatives

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…

End Unfair Property Tax Group Turns In Petitions To N.D. Secretary of State

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Supporters of a measure to prohibit the majority of property taxes across North Dakota has submitted paperwork to the Secretary of State’s office. They delivered around 1,100 petitions with nearly 41,000 signatures. Around 31,000 valid signatures are needed. Secretary of State Michael Howe’s office now has 35-days to determine if the signatures are valid and to…