ND HB1245

Removes the provision allowing paid petition circulators for initiative, referendum, and recall petitions, effectively prohibiting per-signature payments and the associated disclosure requirements

Retains existing election offenses including ballot fraud, voting more than once, voting in wrong precinct, signing petitions when unqualified, and submitting petitions with fraudulent signatures

Maintains penalty structure: Class A misdemeanor for offenses like disturbing polling places, signing unqualified petitions, and circulating incomplete petitions; Class C felony for ballot fraud, multiple voting, and false election returns

Organizations convicted of election offenses face revocation of their certificate of authority and prohibition from reapplying for 1 year (misdemeanor) or 5 years (felony)

Civil penalty of up to $3,000 applies to measure committee members who submit petitions with fraudulent signatures, enforced by the attorney general in Burleigh County district court