North Dakota
Online guide, resources provide North Dakota Voters with election info
Extensive election-year resources have been updated and launched on Forum Communications Co. websites to provide voters with timely information about candidates, the voting process and news stories about the election.
The
free voter’s guide
allows users to enter an address to create a sample ballot with the races and candidates on the June 11 ballot. All candidates across the state — in local, state and federal races — received an invitation to participate by uploading a photo, biographical details including campaign links, and answers to several questions.
This marks the third election cycle in which Forum Communications partnered with the League of Women Voters of North Dakota as part of its nationwide Vote411 initiative.
“Responding to VOTE411 is a great way for candidates to get their information out to voters,” Mary C. Tintes, LWVND vice president, said in a news release. “The upcoming June election is also city election day in North Dakota, and we want to make it easier for voters to learn about their local candidates who will serve in the city offices that are so important in our day-to-day lives.”
VOTE411.org is the League of Women Voters’ one-stop shop for nationwide voting and election information. Some of VOTE411’s key features are candidate and statewide ballot measure information, voter ID information, absentee ballot information, and a polling place locator.
Since 2020, Forum Communications has collaborated with LWVND to give greater visibility to voters about the election process and candidates running for office. Candidate participation has grown each year and users across the state can find information about local candidates, provided the candidates participate.
“The voter’s guide and other resources available through our websites provide an important service to anyone casting a ballot this year,” said Steve Wagner, director of content operations for Forum Communications.
“We want to connect readers with the information they need about candidates and the election. It’s a role we take seriously as community journalists.”
In addition to the voter’s guide, Forum Communications also provides
an online page with answers to frequently asked questions
.
The page, along with stories about the election and candidates, can be found on the websites for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Grand Forks Herald, Jamestown Sun and Dickinson Press.
Voting has already begun in North Dakota through absentee ballots, which need to be requested. Some counties also offer mail-in voting and early voting at designated locations.
To be eligible to vote in North Dakota, an individual must be a U.S. citizen, a resident in the state for at least 30 days, and at least 18 years old on Election Day. North Dakota does not have voter registration, but voters are required to present a valid ID to cast a ballot.
The voter’s guide will remain available through November’s general election. It will also include details about Minnesota races and candidates before the state’s Aug. 13 primary.
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U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-ND, spoke about the connection between North Dakota, the United States and Norway at the 12th annual Norwegian-American Defense Conference held April 17, where he delivered the congressional keynote address.
WASHINGTON – North Dakota’s deep Norwegian roots reflect the broad, long-standing relationship between the United States and Norway, one built on shared values, cultural ties and security cooperation.
U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-ND, spoke about the connection between the two countries at the 12th annual Norwegian-American Defense Conference held April 17, where he delivered the congressional keynote address.
He described the bond as historic and strategic, but also personal. His great-great-great grandfather, Erik Hjelden, fought in the Norwegian War of Independence prior to Norway adopting a constitution on May 17, 1814, Norway’s Independence Day known as Syttende Mai.
Starting in the 1870s, Scandinavian immigrants from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland settled across what is now North Dakota. Today, one-third of the state’s population is of Norwegian descent, and North Dakota has the highest percentage of citizens with Norwegian ancestry of any state in the nation.
“I love the theme of this year’s conference, ‘From Seabed to Space,’ because I do think the size of the country is not nearly as important as the dynamic that happens when one plus one equals more than two,” Cramer said. “At a time when there’s talent on the factory floor, and talent in the executive suites, and talent in the engineering room, that we may have one or the other, maybe all. But together the dynamic of it is so much greater.”
Cramer emphasized how this foundation now supports a modern defense partnership. He said the United States and Norway are working together on Arctic security, aiming to strengthen interoperability and improve readiness across multi-domain operations. This alliance plays a key role in addressing today’s international security challenges.
Cramer also recognized the U.S.-Norway partnership through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as well as the history between the two countries.
“When you look at a globe, it illustrates why the Arctic is so important,” continued Cramer. “None of us can protect our silo without protecting our country, without protecting our continent, without protecting our hemisphere, without protecting ourselves. We protect one another by protecting ourselves, and we protect ourselves by protecting one another.”
Throughout his years in Congress, Cramer has been active in the House and Senate Friends of Norway caucuses. He hosted former Norwegian Ambassador to the U.S. Anniken Krutnes when she visited North Dakota in 2024, highlighting the state’s Norwegian heritage, economic strength and its role in advancing U.S.-Norway defense and national security cooperation. During the visit, Krutnes and Cramer emphasized the importance of strong alliances and the longstanding partnership between the two nations during various community stops, including events at the Sons of Norway Kringen Lodge and First Lutheran Church. The visit also focused on defense priorities, with a briefing at the North Dakota National Guard’s 119th Wing regarding the mission of the “Happy Hooligans,” before concluding with a public reception ahead of the Fargo premiere of the Norwegian film Songs of Earth.
Memorial service at North Dakota State Capitol honors fallen officers
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Roads in northwest North Dakota are reporting extremely low visibility due to blowing dust and dirt.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol shared photos of an intense dust storm that led to a crash in Williams County on Highway 85 at 1:30 p.m.
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Photo courtesy of the North Dakota Highway Patrol -
Photo courtesy of the North Dakota Highway Patrol
The NDHP is advising the public to stay home if possible, and if you must travel, slow down, turn on your headlights, increase following distance, and be prepared for rapidly changing conditions.
KELOLAND News also received photos from our viewers of dust storms in South Dakota.
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