North Dakota § 16.1-11.1-01 Counties may conduct mail ballot elections - Polling places - Records

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§ 16.1-11.1-01 — Counties may conduct mail ballot elections - Polling places - Records

North Dakota § 16.1-11.1-01

Title 16.1Elections

Ch. 16.1-11.1Mail Ballot Elections

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N.D. Cent. Code § 16.1-11.1-01 (2026).

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1.The board of county commissioners of a county may conduct an election by mail ballot. The mail ballot election must include city elections administered by the county auditor and may include any other election administered by the county auditor pursuant to an agreement with the governing body of a political subdivision within the county. The board shall designate one or more polling places in the county to be open on the day of the election for voting in the usual manner. The county auditor shall place a notice at all polling places in the county used at the last statewide election which states the location of the polling places open for the election. The county auditor shall keep a record of each mail ballot provided to qualified electors and provide to the election board at each pollin

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1. The board of county commissioners of a county may conduct an election by mail
ballot. The mail ballot election must include city elections administered by the county
auditor and may include any other election administered by the county auditor
pursuant to an agreement with the governing body of a political subdivision within the
county. The board shall designate one or more polling places in the county to be open
on the day of the election for voting in the usual manner. The county auditor shall
place a notice at all polling places in the county used at the last statewide election
which states the location of the polling places open for the election. The county auditor
shall keep a record of each mail ballot provided to qualified electors and provide to the
election board at each polling place open on the day of the election a list of every
person who applied for a mail ballot.
2. The board of county commissioners of a county may conduct an election partially by
mail ballot. If the board of county commissioners chooses to conduct an election
partially by mail ballot, the commission may use mail ballots for any precinct in which
fewer than four hundred votes were cast for the office of governor at the last general
election at which that office was on the ballot.