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Law of North Dakota
North Dakota takes active part in the national politics. The major political parties in the state are the Republican Party and the Democratic NPL. Some third parties also exist in the region but these parties other than presidential nominations they have never filed state office candidates. The governor is regarded head at the state level politics. The Republican Party is the dominant party in the state and usually carries the nation politics through its presidential candidates. Since 1892, only Woodrow Wilson, Grover Cleveland, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt received Electoral College votes from North Dakota.

At the state level the Democratic NPL candidates from the senate of North Dakota and congressional seats have won most of the elections and hence the state politics has entirely become democratic since 1986. The state of North Dakota has a bicameral legislature. The state elects one senator and two house representatives from its 47 districts. At the alteration of every 80 days all the legislatures meet in the North Dakota State Capitol. This meeting is usually held in odd numbered years and in special sessions if that is summoned by the governor.



Two tier judiciary is active in North Dakota law. All the 53 counties in the state have their own court. These courts of the counties send directly their appeals to the North Dakota Supreme Court. The state is divided into seven judicial districts and they all together elect judges. The district judges are elected for a six year term. The Supreme Court judges are elected for a term of ten years. The chief justice in the Supreme Court is elected at every 5 years by the district court judges. North Dakota Century Code is the codified law of the state.

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