Counties in North Dakota
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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.
This page includes the following resources:
- The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in North Dakota
- A list and map of counties in North Dakota
- An overview of local elections in North Dakota
- An overview of the initiative process in North Dakota
Counties
County government
Ballotpedia does not have any county governments in this state in its coverage scope.
Full list of counties
According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 53 counties, 1,661 cities, towns, and villages, and 683 special districts.[1]
The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.
Map of counties
Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:
Elections
Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.
2024
2023
Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in North Dakota that year.
2022
2021
Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in North Dakota that year.
2020
Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in North Dakota that year.
Past elections
Initiative process availability
The local units of government in North Dakota that make the initiative process available are:
- All 35 general law cities with a commission or modern council form of government have a mandated initiative process for ordinances.
- All 130 charter cities have a mandated initiative process for charter amendment. Charters may also contain provisions for ordinance initiative.
- All 45 general law counties have a mandated initiative process for ordinances.
- All eight charter counties have a mandated initiative process for charter amendment.[2]
See also
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External links
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- North Dakota municipal code library
- North Dakota state government website
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