Election Day

A recall is set for Jan. 27 for Paul Stensland, a newly elected member of City Council in Oberon, N.D. The petition contained 17 signatures, according to a report in the Benson County Farmers Press. Oberon is a town of about 100 people in Benson County. Petitioners claim...

STARKWEATHER, N.D. -- Thanks, Gary Emineth. For nothing.

Governor, judge share stage warily

GRAND FORKS -- I must respond to Richard Gunderson's letter about the incorrect polling places that were printed in the June 7 Herald ("Election Day error led to needless delays," Page A4, June 15). The "Where to Vote" map that ran in the Herald on June 7 was produced by the Herald...

GRAND FORKS -- Judging by my own experience on Election Day, I can understand why comparatively few people in Grand Forks County voted last week. The morning's Herald said that people in District 43 were to vote at Red River High School. But I went there and was told to go vote at...

Beginning in 2010, elections in Benson County will be conducted by mail. The county commissioners decided to switch to mail from the eight precinct sites on Election Day. For those who choose not to vote by mail, the county courthouse will be the only site available on election day. ...

WASHINGTON -- Trailing in the polls with less than three weeks until Election Day, Republican presidential hopeful John McCain went on the offensive Wednesday in the third and final presidential debate, veering wide of the record again and again. Obama was more careful, but he, too,...