The primary election focuses on local races while the general tackles statewide and national candidates. One House bill looks to change some of that.

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

North Dakota House members voted Friday to increase the state’s speed limit to 80 mph for interstate highways. State lawmakers two years ago approved an identical bill, but then-Gov. Doug Burgum vetoed it,

Rep. Ben Koppelman, R-West Fargo, speaks about term limits during a committee hearing on Jan. 23, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota legislative committee advanced a bill Thursday that makes a change to lawmaker term limits approved by voters in 2022.

House Bill 1300 simply states that term limits only start after a lawmaker is appointed or elected during the 2022 election.

Legislators heard a trio of bills on Thursday that could change the way elections operate in North Dakota.

North Dakota’s highest court has ruled that the state’s overturned abortion ban will not be enforced during an appeal of a judge’s ruling that struck down the law in September.

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.

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BISMARCK – North Dakota voters would need to muster a 60% majority to pass initiated constitutional measures under a resolution heard by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee Thursday. “People should be able to bring it forward if they want to change the constitution,

North Dakota lawmakers chose not to send the issue of sports betting to voters on the 2026 general election ballot after a lengthy floor debate on Wednesday.

The people of North Dakota deserve better than House Concurrent Resolution 3003 — a proposal at the state legislature that would undermine our rights and our civic powers as citizens. This resolution,