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Measures listed for 2014 ballots

June 11, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK So far, North Dakota voters have one ballot measure to vote on in the June 2014 primary election and four during the November 2014 general election. Continue Reading

Local school board elections held

June 11, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

Voters in the districts of South Heart and Killdeer cast ballots in school board elections on Tuesday. Continue Reading

State Canvassing Board adjusts Nov. vote counts

May 30, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK More than six months after North Dakotans voted in the November general election, U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp lost 174 votes and Gov. Jack Dalrymple gained one. Continue Reading

Legislature poised for gay marriage votes

May 9, 2013 in Alexandria Echo Press

Gay marriage supporters feel victory in the air.
Their confidence is high as Minnesota state representatives plan to vote on overturning an existing same-sex marriage ban on Thursday, with senators following in a few days. Continue Reading

Gun control loses; no expanded background checks

April 17, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

WASHINGTON Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades Wednesday, rejecting tighter background checks for buyers and a ban on assault weapons as they spurned pleas from families of victims of last winter’s school massacre in Newtown, Conn. Continue Reading

Referral effort led by men on opposite sides of abortion debate

April 3, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

GRAND FORKS They are two Grand Forks men on opposite ends of the abortion issue, but Gary Hangsleben, 67, and Roland Riemers, 69, say they came together to create an opportunity for open discussion. Continue Reading

Crusader against animal cruelty says bill is too weak

April 3, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK Kristie Skunberg said Wednesday the amended version of the Legislature’s animal cruelty bill is too weak and fails to address creating penalties that fit the crimes against animals. Continue Reading

Group seeks to put North Dakota abortion laws to statewide vote

April 2, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK A group of North Dakota residents plans to circulate a petition to put the state’s three new anti-abortion measures to a statewide vote. Continue Reading

Northern State students to vote on smoking ban

March 19, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Voting begins Wednesday morning and ends Friday at 5 p.m. If students pass the referendum, it would then be referred to the faculty and staff for a vote.
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H-BC and Mountain Lake to vote on referendum

December 14, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

HILLS In 1971, the Minnesota state legislature passed the “Minnesota Miracle” giving school district s the ability to levy, with voter approval, additional funds to cover general district operating costs. Continue Reading