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Protect North Dakota’s Constitution is a grass roots organization that is made up of farmers, ranchers, retired military, public servants, small business owners, oil and gas workers, and bankers, from all over the state.
Changing our Constitution is a big deal. It shouldn’t be easy. It should be well-debated and have a significant majority approval. And that is what this initiated measure will be about.
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Do you know only 18 states allow constitutional changes to be done in this manner? And North Dakota has the very least restrictive requirements. I personally feel this has made us a target for outside interests. For example, just look at North Dakota Voters First. This was the sponsoring committee of Measure 3 last year that ended up being removed from the ballot. It was promoted as a measure to increase the voting days for our overseas military, but in reality would have changed our voting system to a ranked voting system. And Congressional districts w
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Election integrity or voter suppression? Faith leaders are divided over voter access laws
Across the country, politicians are debating the rules that govern voting. Now, religious leaders are joining the fight
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Carol Guzy, for the Deseret News
In the wake of the contentious 2020 election, hundreds of bills aimed at overhauling the voting process are making their way through state legislatures across the country.
Known as voter access laws, these bills cover a range of voting rules, from what IDs are required to when you’re allowed to vote. Depending on whom you ask, they amount to either thinly veiled “voter suppression” or a step forward for “election integrity.” On both sides of the aisle, faith leaders are part of the fight.
It shouldn’t be easy. It should be well debated and have significant majority approval. 2:58 pm, May 2, 2021 ×
By Lisa Buchweitz | Langdon, N.D.
Recently there was a letter to the editor that was very much in opposition to the sponsoring committee “Protect North Dakota’s Constitution”. I feel compelled to point out a few things.
Protect North Dakota’s Constitution is a grassroots organization that is made up of farmers, ranchers, retired military, public servants, small business owners, oil and gas workers, and bankers from all over the state.
Changing our constitution is a big deal. It shouldn’t be easy. It should be well debated and have a significant majority approval. And that is what this initiated measure will be about.
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(WASHINGTON) Financial disclosures released by former Secretary of State John Kerry indicate that until March of this year he held hundreds of thousands of dollars of investments in energy-related companies that may end up being affected by policies he’ll help shape as President Joe Biden’s new climate envoy.
An ABC News analysis of his assets show that in recent years, Kerry held stakes in at least three dozen companies related to the energy industry, including firms dealing in electric, oil and gas, and nuclear energy, with shares worth between $204,000 and $960,000. Kerry had also recently held high-ranking positions within firms and entities that could end up being regulated by his climate action policies, filings show.