[EL] Can North Dakota really do that?

[Adav Noti]

Section 4 of the bill provides that the ban on disclosing presidential vote totals takes effect only upon adoption of the popular vote interstate compact, so it seems unlikely to be tested anytime soon.


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From: Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> On Behalf Of Stephanie Singer
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 2:16 PM
To: Election Law Listserv <law-election at uci.edu>
Subject: [EL] Can North Dakota really do that?


A bill<http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/67-2021/documents/21-0828-02000.pdf> just passed the ND Senate requiring


  1.  a public officer, employee, or contractor of this state or of a political subdivision of
  2.  this state may not release to the public the number of votes cast in the general election for the
  3.  office of the president of the United States until after the times set by law for the meetings and
  4.  votes of the presidential electors in all states.
Can ND really do that? My opinion is that election results should be easily and timely available to the public, but what does the law have to say?
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