North Dakota's Legislature has approved a 2026 ballot measure for voters to change term limits they approved in 2022.

A voter fills out a ballot at the Hillside Aquatic Complex in Bismarck on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A resolution to change North Dakota’s term limits law failed in the House on a narrow 46-43 vote Tuesday,

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The North Dakota Senate passed a bill on Friday clarifying when term limits passed by voters in 2022 officially went into effect.

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The North Dakota House reconsidered and passed a resolution to bring a ballot measure to voters in 2026 changing the term limits adopted by North Dakota voters in 2022.

Following flooding that damaged and destroyed homes in McCook Lake, last June, there was a call for change in North Sioux City. That led to a petition drive in August and September calling for a vote to change the city’s form of government from an aldermanic city council with a mayor and an 8-member council, to a mayor and four commissioners.