Measure 5 backers file complaint over ads by oil industry group
By Mike Nowatzki Forum News Service BISMARCK – Backers of a North Dakota ballot measure that would create a conservation fund with oil tax revenue complained Thursday that the American Petroleum...
View ArticleFormer US Attorney General: ND’s Measure 1 won’t lead to ‘parade of horrors’
Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft speaks Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, at the Fargo Air Museum about Measure 1, the “right to life” amendment on North Dakota’s ballot. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo...
View ArticleN.D. Tourism to seek changes after sportsmen caught up in campaign ad
By Mike Nowatzki Forum News Service BISMARCK – North Dakota’s Tourism Division director said Monday she plans to seek changes to prevent political campaigns from using the agency’s stock footage, after...
View ArticleAg chairman defends Cramer on farm bill delays
By Tu-Uyen Tran Forum News Service FARGO – Battling Democratic accusations that he tried to derail the farm bill last year, Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., is getting help from his House Agriculture...
View ArticleLooking for bigger voice; Libertarian seeks wins eventually, exposure in...
By Tu-Uyen Tran Forum News Service FARGO – Robert “Jack” Seaman, the Libertarian candidate for U.S. House in North Dakota, has trailed in every poll this election season, but he remains defiantly...
View ArticleMeaure 1 could ban abortions, emergency contraceptives for rape victims,...
By Grace Lyden Forum News Service BISMARCK – Two administrators with statewide victim advocacy groups said Friday afternoon that Measure 1 could ban abortions and emergency contraceptives for victims...
View ArticleNorth Dakota election features eight statewide measures — the most in 25 years
Kevin Bonham Forum News Service GRAND FORKS, N.D. — When North Dakota voters go to the polls Tuesday, they’ll find a ballot containing eight statewide measures, the most in a quarter century. That’s...
View ArticleMore than 83,000 ballots cast in N.D. before Election Day
Forum News Service BISMARCK – More than 83,000 North Dakota voters had already cast ballots before the polls opened this morning on Election Day, Secretary of State Al Jaeger said. As of about 7 p.m....
View ArticleRepublicans remain in control, most measures defeated
The Measures — Measure 1, Measure 2, Measure 3, Measure 4, Measure 5, Measure 6, Measure 7, Measure 8 The Races – State Offices — ND House, ND Agriculture Commissioner, ND Tax Commissioner, ND Public...
View ArticleLibertarian Party gains ND ballot status
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Libertarian Party won’t have to gather signatures to secure a spot on the 2016 statewide ballot after one of its candidates captured more than 5 percent of the vote in the...
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