Fargo and Cass County residents will vote for candidates for North Dakota governor, state legislature and auditor, as well as several ballot initiatives and local offices.

North Dakota does not have a formal voter registration process. All voters need to do is bring identification to the precinct polling location. These forms of identification include a state-issued driver’s license, non-driver identification, tribal identification or tribal letter, or long-term care certificate.

On Election Day, November 5, people can vote in person between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Find your polling location at casscountynd.gov/elections or the North Dakota Secretary of State website.

Cass County voters can mark their ballot at multiple polling locations throughout the county or by absentee ballot. Mail-in ballots are only sent to people whose application has been verified by the Cass County Finance Office.

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Statewide elections

US Senate from North Dakota

U.S. Representative from North Dakota

Governor and Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota

State Auditor

Civil Service Commissioner

Superintendent of Public Instruction

State legislative elections

State Senate District 10

State Senate District 16

State Senate District 46

State Representative District 10

State Representative District 16

State Representative District 22

State Representative District 44

State Representative District 46

Cass County Elections

While three commissioner districts are up for re-election this year, only District 5 has a competitive race. County commissioners’ offices are considered nonpartisan.

County Commissioner, District 5

District Court Judge No. 8

North Dakota Election Initiatives

Constitutional measure n°1

This measure amends and re-enacts Sections 12 and 13 of Article IX of the North Dakota Constitution, relating to terminology describing public institutions.

This constitutional measure would amend and reinstate Sections 12 and 13 of Article IX of the North Dakota Constitution, relating to the replacement of obsolete terminology describing the state’s public institutions. The amended articles are summarized as follows: “North Dakota School for the Deaf and Dumb” is replaced by “School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing”; a “public hospital for the insane” is transformed into a “public hospital for the care of persons suffering from mental illness”; an “institution for feeble-minded people” is transformed into an “institution for people with intellectual disabilities”; and a “public hospital for the mentally ill” is transformed into a “public hospital for the care of people with mental illness”.

A yes vote means a voter approves of the measure summarized above. A no vote means a voter rejects the measure.

Constitutional measure n°2

This measure amends and re-enacts Sections 2, 3, 4, and 9 of Article III of the North Dakota Constitution, relating to the process for approving initiated constitutional amendments, the requirement of a unique subject for each petition and measure, to individuals able to circulate a petition and the requirement that all ballot measures must be passed in primary and general elections.

This constitutional measure would amend and restore Sections 2, 3, 4, and 9 of Article III of the North Dakota Constitution, relating to initiated constitutional amendments. The proposed amendments would require constitutional and non-constitutional measures to be limited to a single subject determined by the Secretary of State, who cannot approve the initiated petition if it includes more than one subject; require that sponsors of the measures be qualified voters; require that only qualified voters can circulate a petition; require petition signers to provide a complete residential address; and increase the number of signatures required to place a constitutional measure on the ballot from four percent to five percent of North Dakota’s resident population. Additionally, the proposed amendments would require constitutional measures approved by the Secretary of State to be voted on by voters in the next primary election and, if approved by a majority of voters, voted on in the general election immediately thereafter. the primary election. ; if the measure fails in the primary or general election, the measure is considered to have failed.

Constitutional measure n°3

This measure amends and reinstates Section 26 of Article X of the North Dakota Constitution, relating to Legacy Fund expenditures and transfers.

This constitutional measure would amend and reinstate Section 26 of Article X of the North Dakota Constitution, relating to Legacy Fund expenditures and transfers. The measure aims to reduce the amount of principal available for expenditures each biennium and clarify distributions from the legacy fund. The proposed changes would require transfers and income accrued before July 1, 2017 to be considered legacy fund capital; reduce the amount of legacy fund principal available for expenditure during a biennium from fifteen percent to five percent; require the State Investment Board to invest the money in the legacy fund, not limited to the principal; and on July 1 of odd-numbered years, require the State Treasurer to make a distribution of inheritance fund income into an inheritance income fund.

Measure initiated no. 4

This measure amends sections 1, 14, 15, and 16 and repeals sections 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10 of Article X of the North Dakota Constitution relating to prohibiting all political subdivisions from levying a tax on real estate, with the exception of bond debts. until he is paid.

This initiated measure would amend Sections 1, 14, 15, and 16 and repeal Sections 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10 of Article X of the North Dakota Constitution. It would prohibit political subdivisions from levying a tax on the assessed value of real or personal property, except for the payment of bond debts incurred through a certain date, and would require the state to provide political subdivisions with substitute payments at least the current amount. property tax levies. It would limit the debt of a political subdivision to an amount not to exceed two and one-half percent of the total and actual value of the real property of the political subdivision; however, by one vote, an incorporated city could increase its debt to four percent and a school district could increase its debt to five percent. This would allow an incorporated city to take on debt up to an amount not to exceed two percent of its total and actual value for water and sewer projects. This would require a political subdivision incurring debt to provide annual revenue to pay debt payments when due and would prohibit a political subdivision from issuing general obligation bonds secured by a tax levied on the assessed value of the property.

Measure initiated no. 5

This measure creates a new chapter of the North Dakota Century Code related to cannabis legalization and related regulation.

The initiated measure would create a new chapter of the North Dakota Century Code. It would allow the production, processing and sale of cannabis as well as the possession and consumption of various forms of cannabis by people aged 21 and over. direct a state entity to regulate and register adult-use cannabis businesses, dispensaries, and their agents; provide protections to people aged 21 or over who use cannabis; provide for sanctions in the event of violation of the chapter; preserve certain employer rights regarding employee use of cannabis products; supersede local ordinances that would otherwise prohibit the purchase, sale, use, delivery or cultivation of cannabis by or to persons 21 years of age or older; and provide that fees shall be appropriated for the administration of this chapter.

The estimated fiscal impact of this measure includes revenues of $10,227,600, expenditures of $8,324,275, and an unspecified amount of additional costs associated with behavioral health and social impacts for the 2025-2027 biennium.