Fargo Elections

Group calling for change Fargo city election process changing focus

FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A bi-partisan group calling for election change in Fargo is changing its focus after finding out primaries are not allowed in North Dakota city elections. The group consists of Forum columnist Jim Shaw, current Cass County Commission Chair Tony Grindberg, and State Reps. Steve Swiontek, Scott Wagner, and Karla Rose Hanson. Last week, the group used the…

New early voting schedule across Cass County for 2024 election

The new hours are more likely to fit most people's schedules.

  FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Cass County’s new early voting hours will be from Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7p.m. on the weekdays and 11 a.m. until 5p.m. on Saturday. “After the 2022 election, we basically decided that we needed to try and find, I guess, a better opportunity for voters after hours. Especially working hours as well…

Early Voting in Cass County officially underway

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Early voting in Cass County is underway for the primary election featuring the Fargo mayoral race and crowded city commission race which has 15 candidates running for two open slots. It’s Fargo’s second election featuring approval voting where people can vote for as many candidates as they like in the race for mayor and city commission….

Local Group Leads Charge to Change the Way People Vote on Election Day

Approval voting is a system where there's no limit on the number of candidates a voter can vote for

FARGO, N.D. — Jed Limke has lived in Fargo for the last ten years, and he says the current election system in the city is too constricting for voters. “Good ideas become the victim of their own popularity. Lots of people will run on them, then the base for those good ideas gets split, and they lose because of it, and…