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The decision comes after the North Dakota secretary of state noted several irregularities and disallowed the petition to move forward prompting the lawsuit from organizations in favor of term limits.
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In a unanimous decision, the court found that Secretary of State Al Jaeger misapplied the law in disqualifying thousands of signatures in support of a ballot measure to implement term limits.
(Bismarck, ND) -- The North Dakota Supreme Court says term limits should be voted on for the November ballot. The high-court ruling sided with supporters of the measure, saying Secretary of State Al Jager "misapplied the law" when it came to invalidating 29,000 of the 46,000 signed petitions turned in earlier this year. The ruling made by the court says of the 29,000 rejected,
In a unanimous decision, the court found that Secretary of State Al Jaeger misapplied the law in disqualifying thousands of signatures in support of a ballot measure to implement term limits.