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.