A resolution advanced by the North Dakota House on Wednesday seeks to raise the voter-approval threshold for ballot measures that would amend the state constitution. But even if the state Senate supports the measure,

The chamber moved to increase the voter approval required to change the state constitution from a simple majority to 60%. Voters would need to approve the change in the 2026 general election.

In 2018, voters approved an amendment to the North Dakota Constitution that includes a mandate giving the Legislature three years to pass campaign finance laws similar to what House Bill 1286 proposes.

The North Dakota Legislature will decide if the state's beef producers will get to vote for checkoff board members under two bills. An unrelated bill would double brand registration fees in the state.

North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe testified in opposition to the bill. He said it would cause voter confusion and estimated the state would need a minimum of $500,000 to sustain a statewide voter awareness campaign to educate North Dakotan voters on the change in their voting requirements.

North Dakota lawmakers on Monday nixed a bill that would require counties to put any question of converting elected auditors to appointed positions on a ballot for voter approval.

Monday to advance a bill that makes a change to lawmaker term limits approved by voters in 2022. House Bill 1300 addresses what Rep. Vicky Steiner, R-Dickinson, called a gray area in the constitutional measure approved by voters that limits lawmakers to serving no more than eight years in

BISMARCK, N.D. (KUMV) - The North Dakota House approved a bill that would provide language as to when term limits would take effect. In a 64-28 vote, the bill will move on to the Senate, stating that term limits would start when someone is appointed or elected on or after the 2022 election.

House Bill 1287 would require all voters to register either ahead of an election or on the day of an election. North Dakota is the only state without voter registration.

The bill would force counties to hold an election if their county commissions adopted a resolution to reclassify an elected county auditor as an appointed position.

BISMARCK — North Dakota will see no changes to primary election voting procedures for now, after the Senate on Friday voted against a bill that would have changed primary ballots.

The North Dakota House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday seeking to increase the percentage of votes required to approve ballot measures that seek to alter the state's constitution.