North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 71 - Retirement Board
Article 71-01 - General Administration
Chapter 71-01-02 - Election Rules
Section 71-01-02-06 - Procedure for completing and filing petitions

1. No period of time, on which an employee is entitled to receive wages or salary from the state of North Dakota or a political subdivision, may be used by the candidates to promote their election except as permitted by the employing agency. In addition, no public funds may be used for the purpose of promoting an election unless permitted by the employing agency.

2. Nomination petitions must be filed with the North Dakota public employees retirement system no later than four p.m. on the date provided in the election notice and must be validated by the election committee or their representatives following the filing deadline and prior to ballots being distributed.

3. Nomination petitions not furnished by the North Dakota public employees retirement system will be accepted provided they are submitted in the prescribed form.

4. A candidate may withdraw that candidate's nomination petition up until one week after the date the nomination petition is filed with the North Dakota public employees retirement system. The notice must be in writing and duly witnessed.

5. Nomination petitions may be accompanied by a three-inch [76.20-millimeter] by five-inch [127.00-millimeter] photograph of the candidate and a narrative not to exceed two hundred words. The absence of a photo or narrative will not invalidate the candidate's eligibility, but only the candidate's name will then appear with the other candidates' information that accompanies the ballots.

6. The retirement board or its representative reserves the right to edit lengthy narratives to the two hundred word limit.

7. The board or its representative shall inform all candidates of the validation of their candidacy.