A former vice chair of the North Dakota Young Republicans has been charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in the U.S. Capitol after his mother posted a video on Facebook. Damian Johnston faces four charges related to the Jan.

For North Dakota’s two state auditor candidates, this race is all about transparency and accessibility. The State Auditor’s Office is in charge of providing auditing, accounting and financial services to state agencies and local governments.

North Dakota, the only state without voter registration, uses only paper ballots, which are counted by electronic tabulators. Absentee voting began Thursday in the Peace Garden State. Nearly 44% of North Dakota voters participated by early voting or by mail in the November 2022 election.

Members of the media were asked to leave a North Dakota Republican Party meeting titled "Election Integrity Training" on Thursday because it was for Republicans only.

Candidates for North Dakota’s U.S. House seat showcased policy differences during their second debate Thursday night.

Forums will feature candidates from several North Dakota legislative races, the Cass County Commission District 5 race and the race for the East Central District Court’s eighth judgeship.

I’m glad it wasn’t successful,” said Allan Peterson, a Fargo-based disability advocate with the ND Association for the Blind. The plan would have impacted people with disabilities, he said.

Check the crucial deadlines and instructions for registering to vote, absentee voting, and in-person early voting in Illinois, North Dakota, Florida, and Michigan.

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - The North Dakota GOP has started an effort to maintain election integrity at the polls. They are seeking election observers to watch over the polls and alert any issues they see to a poll worker and document the issue through the “Protect The Vote Hotline” or website.

The North Dakota Legislature is hiring temporary employees for the 2025 session. A proposed ballot initiative in North Dakota to require hand-counting of election ballots won't advance. Candidates for North Dakota’s U.S. House seat showcased policy differences during their second debate Thursday night.

Peyton Haug joined The Forum as the Bismarck correspondent in June 2024. She interned with the Duluth News Tribune as a reporting intern in 2022 while earning bachelor's degrees in journalism and geography at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Reach Peyton at [email protected] .

Farmington, Lakeville and Inver Grove Heights are seeking operating levies, while the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage school district is seeking to renew a capital projects levy.