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…
Sen. Tim Mathern, right, D-Fargo, Sen. Ryan Braunberger, center, D-Fargo, and Rep. Zac Ista, left, D-Grand Forks, hold a press conference at the Capitol on April 28, 2025. Ista and Mathern have requested an attorney general’s opinion on how to fill the ballot vacancy created by the death of Rep. Liz Conmy, D-Fargo. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D….
Cass County Secure Drop Box locate in front of the Cass County Courthouse.BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office is reminding voters planning to use absentee ballots to vote in the June primary to send them in as soon as possible. The office says they sent out 35,710 absentee ballots to people requesting to vote absentee. Of…
Fargo residents listen as Cass County Finance Director Sarah Heinle demonstrates the state’s DS200 voting machines. 5/21/26FARGO (KVRR) — People in Fargo get a chance to see how the state’s voting machines work, and the security behind them, in a public demonstration. Those in attendance got to see the DS200 vote tabulators in action, learn how they are tested for…
Rep. Liz Conmy, from left, candidate Anastassiya Andrianova and Sen. Tim Mathern pose for a photo in February 2026 after being endorsed by the Democratic-NPL Party in District 11. (Photo courtesy of the Dem-NPL Party)FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) — The Democratic-NPL Party holds all three seats in a south Fargo legislative district but may only have two candidates on the…
Senate lawmakers meet May 1, 2025. Lawmakers and other public officials are now required to file financial disclosure forms annually, but no state agency monitors for compliance. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Six North Dakota lawmakers failed to submit a financial disclosure form this year despite a new law requiring it be…
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) — State officials have said a controversial election security bill in Congress wouldn’t impact North Dakota, but some voting rights advocates in the state raise concerns that it could make it more difficult…
