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Secretaries Of State Respond To Latest Executive Order

Secretaries of State React to Latest Executive Order

Minnesota's Secretary of State vowed to fight the order, while North Dakota's said their office was still reviewing the edict and would see how it would impact mail-in voting in the state.

April 1, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – President Trump, in signing his “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections” executive order, struck a confident tone, feeling he has the legal authority to create lists of U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote in each state, and instructing the U.S. Postal Service to send mail ballots only to verified voters. Democratic state officials,…

North Dakota Watchdog Network Hosts Constitutional Measure Town Halls in Fargo

Organizer Dustin Gawrylow says people have a right to be informed on what state legislators are adding to their primary and general election ballots.

February 5, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Election season may seem far away at present, but one North Dakota-based organization is already starting to host informational meetings to let voters know about some measures that will be on their ballots in June and November. The North Dakota Watchdog Network kicked off a series of town hall gatherings in Bismarck in January. They’ve now…

Minnesota School Districts Preparing Upcoming Referendum

School districts in Minnesota are holding referendums as they say funding is needed more than ever

October 23, 2025

Juliana Pelaez,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The Moorhead Public School District is telling voters the money is needed now more than ever. “Over the last twenty years, since about 2005, is that the big portion of how we collect our revenue has not kept up with inflation. So, there’s about a $1,300 gap there, had our formula kept up with inflation. And…

‘I Voted’ sticker contest kicks off in North Dakota; artists must submit designs by Nov. 15

September 10, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Stickers featuring artwork from 2020 “I Voted” contest winner Khloe Brandon of Hatton Eielson Public School sit on a table at the Bismarck Event Center on June 5, 2024, during early voting for the primary. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office wants artists from across the state to…

Court denies rehearing voting rights case; group calls decision ‘loss for Native American voters’

July 8, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Legislators attending a Redistricting Committee meeting Dec. 13, 2023, look at maps of different proposals. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — An appeals court will not reconsider its decision finding that the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Spirit Lake Nation and three tribal citizens lack standing to bring a voting discrimination case against the state…

Appeals court rules against North Dakota tribes in voting rights case that could go to Supreme Court

July 7, 2025

kvrr-apiuser,

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court won’t reconsider its decision in a redistricting case that went against two Native American tribes that challenged North Dakota’s legislative redistricting map, and the dispute could be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court. The case has drawn national interest because of a 2-1 ruling issued in May by a three-judge panel of the 8th…

State Canvassing Board Certifies North Dakota’s Election Results

November 20, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — In North Dakota, the State Canvassing Board certified the 2024 General Election results. There will be two automatic recounts for two Supervisor of Soil Conservation District races, South McLean and Towner County. There are two seats where a demand recount threshold has been met. District 9 and District 18, the race that Corey Mock chose not…

Cass County Sheriff’s Office had alternative polling sites in case of threat

November 6, 2024

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner has revealed that alternative polling locations had been selected as part of his departments added security for the election. Jahner says it was purely precautionary. “We picked out four sites that we we’re going to use as back-up polling sites, should we receive some sort of a swatting call, or a hoax…

City of Fargo Polls Start Election Day With Swift Lines

November 5, 2024

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Polls in Fargo have been slowly ramping up with voters coming in throughout the day. A few dozen voters were waiting in line to vote around 2 this afternoon. They are being sent in groups to the clerks to keep the line moving. This process has many not as worried to get their vote in. As…

Early Voting at Alerus Center in Grand Forks Brings In Record Numbers

October 30, 2024

Juliana Pelaez,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Here at the Alerus Center voting has been running smoothly for voters to go in and out. With six days out to election day, voting in North Dakota has seen thousands of voters. “We broke our record yesterday for the first day, 3,008 voters. And the line has not stopped at all today and we’ve…