North Dakota Century Code Title 16.1. Elections § 16.1-01-01. Secretary of state to supervise election procedures--County administrator of elections

a. Develop and implement uniform training programs for all election officials in the state.

b. Prepare information for voters on voting procedures.

c. Publish and distribute an election calendar, a manual on election procedures, and a map of all legislative districts.

d. Convene a state election conference of county auditors at the beginning of each election year and whenever deemed necessary by the secretary of state to discuss uniform implementation of state election policies.

e. Prescribe the form of all ballots and the form and wording of ballots on state referendum questions, issues, and constitutional amendments.

f. Investigate or cause to be investigated the nonperformance of duties or violations of election laws by election officers.

g. Require such reports from county auditors on election matters as deemed necessary.

h. Certify results of statewide elections.

i. Prepare and publish reports whenever deemed necessary on the conduct and costs of voting in the state, including a tabulation of election returns and such other information and statistics as deemed appropriate.

j. Establish standards for voting precincts and polling places, numbering precincts, precinct maps, maintaining and updating pollbooks, and forms and supplies, including but not limited to, ballots, pollbooks, and reports.

k. Prescribe the order in which each political subdivision will appear on an election ballot.

l. Develop and conduct a test election for the state's voting system prior to each statewide election utilizing the votes cast within each county according to the logic and accuracy testing required in section 16.1-06-15.

a. Procure and distribute supplies required for voting in the county.

b. Prepare and disseminate voter information as prescribed by the secretary of state.

c. Fully comply with the test election required of this section.

d. Carry out uniform training programs for all county and precinct election officials as prescribed by the secretary of state.

e. Provide completed reports on election matters as required by the secretary of state.

f. Attend, or send a designee to attend, state election conferences convened by the secretary of state.

g. Comply with the form of the ballot as prescribed by state law and the secretary of state.

h. Comply with the standards for voting precincts and polling locations, numbering precincts, precinct maps, maintaining and updating pollbooks, and forms and supplies, including ballots, pollbooks, and reports as established by the secretary of state.

i. Assist with investigations initiated by the secretary of state under this section.

j. Receive and handle complaints referred to the county auditor by any voter or precinct official involving circulation of petitions, challenges to voters, actions of election officials, or irregularities of any kind in voting.  The county auditor shall refer complaints to the secretary of state or the proper prosecuting authority, as the county auditor deems appropriate.