BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A state commission has approved Secretary of State Al Jaeger's emergency funding request to help his agency cover overtime, temporary help and other costs associated with a spate of measures on the November ballot.
North Dakota voters will decide eight measures this fall. That's the most on a ballot since there were nine in the 1996 primary election.
Four of the measures on the November ballot were placed by the Legislature. Four others are initiated measures.
Jaeger says $8,000 was appropriated to review the measures. But he says the cost likely will be about $15,000.
The six-member Emergency Commission, which includes Jaeger, approved $7,000 in additional funding on Wednesday.
Jaeger says the bulk of the money allocated to review measures is not used in most years.