GRAND FORKS, ND (KVRR) — Voters in Grand Forks on Tuesday, will help shape the future of education for students in the city. Grand Forks Public Schools will wait and see if a $79 million referendum is approved. $55 million will go to replacing Valley Middle School. According to Terry Brenner, the superintendent of GFPS, the school was built in…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Senate moved Tuesday to restore voting rights to convicted felons as soon as they get out of prison instead of continuing to require them to complete their parole before they can cast a ballot. The Senate took up the “Restore the Vote” bill less than a week after the Minnesota Supreme Court upheld…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s election night and people encountered long lines as they showed up to vote after work. This is the line at the Hartl Ag Building on the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo. One person counted as many as 150 people in line around 6:30. That resulted in around a 45 minutes wait. There were…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) – John Saurer of Wahpeton was not allowed to vote with a valid North Carolina driver’s license and a utility bill with his North Dakota address on it on Election Day. He was given a provisional ballot. Saurer’s vote will count if he provides a North Dakota ID before the Richland County Canvassing Board meets. He says…
NORTH DAKOTA & MINNESOTA (KVRR) – Workers are setting up voting and ballot scanning machines and tables for people voting with paper ballots. Many people have already voted. The Clay County Auditor’s Office says nearly 5,100 people have voted early or by absentee ballot. That’s around the same amount for past midterms. Cass County officials say 14,000 people have voted…
NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – North Dakota is the only state in the country that doesn’t have voter registration. “We have an incredibly secure system with all the laws in place currently, the checks and balances, we really don’t have any cases of fraud,” North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger said. “Our present system of identification is plenty and maybe…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — According to a study from WalletHub, Minnesota and North Dakota voters are some of the most powerful for the midterm elections. North Dakota is in the top five for voting power in the senate and gubernatorial elections. WalletHub created a voting power index to calculate the number of elected officials in the federal government by totaling the…
Drew WrigleyBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Attorney General Drew Wrigley says the State of North Dakota cannot require proof of citizenship to participate in North Dakota elections. Wrigley’s opinion was issued Thursday following a formal request to clarify state law by Cass County States Attorney Birch Burdick. “Your inquiry arose in the context of individuals seeking to vote and asserting their…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – DFL and Republican leaders come to Moorhead on the first day of early voting in Minnesota to let people know they have options to cast their ballot. “Today is the first day of early voting which is pretty much a holiday,” DFL Minnesota House District 4B candidate John Hest said. “Forty-six days, and I’ll keep saying…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Supreme Court says a ballot measure asking if voters want term limits on the governor and legislators should be placed on the November ballot. Supporters asked the high court to take action after Secretary of State Al Jaeger rejected the measure in March. He cited alleged irregularities including handwriting discrepancies and bonuses paid…
