Voters cast ballots at the Hillside Aquatic Complex in Bismarck on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A petition for a ballot measure related to transparency of lawmaker records, legislative salaries and lobbying has been resubmitted to the North Dakota secretary of state, this time from different sponsors. The petition for a…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A petition for a ballot measure to enshrine greater transparency for lawmaker records in the North Dakota Constitution was withdrawn, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. The petition, originally proposed Friday, sought to make all lawmaker communications regarding legislative business open records. The ballot petition’s chief sponsor, Jerol Gohrick of McGregor, emailed the Secretary…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – A federal judge granted a request from plaintiffs to dismiss a lawsuit against North Dakota over its prohibition on out-of-state residents circulating political petitions. In a motion to dismiss, the plaintiffs said that instead of moving forward with the case, they want to instead focus on legal challenges against similar bans in Arkansas and…
BISMARCK, N.D. — Legal recreational marijuana is one step closer to a public vote in North Dakota. Sponsors of the initiative have delivered petitions with nearly 19-thousand signatures to the secretary of state’s office. In order to get the measure on the November ballot, nearly 13-thousand 5-hundred signatures must be valid. The secretary of state has until August 13 to…
FARGO, ND — Petitions to recall Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn will be turned in next week after all. Andrew Lenzmeier, who heads up the recall effort, says a call for an immediate end to the process came “out of left field” last week. The Fargo-Moorhead Refugee Advisory Council called for an end to the effort citing threats and…
