election

Itasca County Woman Caught Voting For Her Dead Mother

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – A woman from Itasca County is accused of trying to vote for her dead mother in this year’s election. According to prosecutors, 40-year-old Danielle Miller of rural Nashwauk is charged with three felonies. The Itasca County Auditor’s Office says it received signed ballots from Miller and her mother, Rose Javorina, on Oct. 7, but Javorina died…

Russia is behind viral disinformation targeting Walz, intelligence official says

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz arrive at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)WASHINGTON (AP) — Groups in Russia created and helped spread viral disinformation targeting Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Tuesday. The content, which includes baseless accusations about…

North Dakota Secretary of State Urges The Community To Vote

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)– North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe attended the Naturalization Ceremony to put one thing on everyone’s minds….voting. With the election six weeks away, voting is the priority for many. According to Howe, during a previous election only twenty percent of North Dakotan’s voted. He wants to make sure that everyone who has a voice should use…

Naturalization Ceremony Held at NDSU For Dozens of New American Citizens

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — After over five months of preparation to become an American citizen, people from over thirty different countries walk out with that title at NDSU’s Richard H. Barry Hall. With new opportunities to vote in the upcoming election, attain a passport, a driver’s license and more. “Today I feel so good to receive the citizen because I…

Minnesota’s top elections official says ‘glitch’ in automatic voter registration system is fixed

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — While there was a “glitch” in Minnesota’s new automatic voter registration system, Secretary of State Steve Simon said Thursday that nobody who was ineligible voted in the August primary as a result of the problem. That had been one of the questions that Minnesota Republicans last week said was still hanging after Simon and other state officials…

Widespread problems with the mail system could disrupt voting

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the U.S. Postal Service that it hasn’t fixed persistent deficiencies. In an alarming letter, the officials said that over the past year, including…

President Joe Biden drops out of the 2024 race after disastrous debate inflamed age concerns

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP/KVRR) – President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate, in…

Early Voting Dashboard Shows Wait Times At Polls in Cass County, North Dakota

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Cass County’s election wait time dashboard is up and running as people vote early in the June 11 primary. You can find it on the county’s website casscountynd.gov/pollinglocations. The dashboard shows the approximate time a voter will have to wait in line before receiving their ballot at each polling location. There are 6 of them: Cass…