The purpose of this website is to make an easy to find, and use, place to understand issues you are voting on in North Dakota.

Who am I? I am a small business owner from Bismarck, North Dakota. I was born and raised in Bismarck and attended Minot State University, through Bismarck State College and received a BA in Criminal Justice. I have worked in jobs around the area including public safety, health care, and business management.

My customers expressed frustration to me about understanding the measures they were voting on in the 2024 election season. There were very important issues that would affect their day-to-day lives. This is really a convenient tool for them and anyone else who wants to stay informed on things they want to vote on.

For instance, a measure on the ballot was for eliminating North Dakota state property tax. This sounds good on the face of things but the state property tax fund pays for public schools in North Dakota. That money cannot come from no where, if state property tax goes away it would need to come from a new source. That source would have likely been, hastily, and haphazardly passed county and city laws to collect a property tax. That doesn’t mean less taxes for you, it means the exact same, or more.

What happens in states that don’t have property taxes? The state still will collect money for your property in one way or another, usually a “lot fee.” A lot fee is much like what mobile home residents already pay. You would likely owe the state about $200 a month or so in lot fees. Your local city and county taxes would increase. The public school system is funded by the public and currently their budget comes from property taxes. So to continue to have Bismarck High School, Legacy High School, and Century High School, the city of Bismarck and the County of Burleigh would have to work together on passes laws that would collect enough money to keep its schools going. The same would go for every city and county that had a public school in them in North Dakota.