’S OFFICIAL ABSTRACT OF VOTES CAST AT THE PRIMARY ELECTION HELD ON JUNE 10, 2008

STATEMENT OF FINDINGS OF THE STATE CANVASSING BOARD FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION HELD JUNE 10, 2008

We, the undersigned constituting the State Canvassing Board, met in the Office of the Secretary of State for the purpose of canvassing the votes cast at the Primary Election held on June 10, 2008. On Tuesday, June 24, 2008, we hereby certify the following Abstract of Votes is correct and true. The same has been certified to us by the County Auditors of the State of North Dakota.

PARTY BALLOT OFFICES (Statewide Party) REPUBLICAN (R) DEMOCRATIC-NPL (D) Representative in Congress Duane Sand

Governor and Lt. Governor John Hoeven & Jack Dalrymple Tim Mathern & Merle Boucher

State Auditor Robert R (Bob) Peterson Daryl Splichal

State Treasurer Kelly L Schmidt** Mitch Vance

Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm Jasper Schneider

Public Service Commissioner Brian Kalk Cheryl Bergian

NO-PARTY BALLOT OFFICES (Statewide Judicial) Superintendent of Public Instruction Max L Laird Wayne G Sanstead

Justice of the Supreme Court Mary Maring

Justice of the Supreme Court (Unexpired 4-year term) Daniel J Crothers

NO-PARTY BALLOT OFFICES (Judicial District) East Central Judicial District, No. 1 Susan L Bailey Wickham “Wick” Corwin

East Central Judicial District, No. 5 Frank L Racek

East Central Judicial District, No. 6 Georgia Dawson East Central Judicial District, No. 7 Wade Webb Northeast Central Judicial District, No. 4 Lawrence E Jahnke

Northeast Central Judicial District, No. 5 Debbie G Kleven

Northeast Judicial District, No. 3 Michael G Sturdevant

Northeast Judicial District, No. 4 Donovan Foughty

Northwest Judicial District, No. 2 Doug Mattson*

Northwest Judicial District, No. 5 David W Nelson Jeffrey L Sheets

South Central Judicial District, No. 1 David Reich

South Central Judicial District, No. 6 Gail Hagerty

South Central Judicial District, No. 7 Thomas J Schneider

South Central Judicial District, No. 8 Donald L Jorgensen

Southeast Judicial District, No. 5 Daniel D Narum

Southwest Judicial District, No. 4 William A Herauf Nominated candidates are shown in bold Measures Ballot on next page MEASURE Constitutional Measure No. 1 (Removes prohibition on appointing a member of the legislative assembly to an office for which the compensation was increased by the Rejected legislative assembly during that member’s term of office.)

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto set our hands and caused the Great Seal of the State of North Dakota to be affixed this 24th day of June, 2008. /s/ Kelly Schmidt, State Treasurer /s/ Penny Miller, Clerk of the Supreme Court /s/ Gary Emineth, Chairman, North Dakota Republican Party /s/ David Strauss, Chairman, North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party /s/ Alvin A Jaeger, Secretary of State

*Penny Miller excused herself from participating in the canvassing of the Northwest Judicial District Judgeship #2 race due to being the wife of the candidate for that office. The remaining members of the board proceeded to canvass the office since a quorum still existed.

** Kelly Schmidt excused herself from participating in the canvassing of the State Treasurer’s Office due to being a candidate for that office. The remaining members of the board proceeded to canvass the office since a quorum still existed. PARTY BALLOT

Representative in Governor and Lt. State Auditor State Treasurer Congress Governor

COUNTIES CAST

TOTAL Duane Sand Earl Pomeroy John Hoeven & Tim Mathern & Robert R (Bob) Daryl Splichal Kelly L Schmidt Mitch Vance

BALLOTS Jack Dalrymple Merle Boucher Peterson PRECINCTS (Republican) (Democratic-NPL) (Republican) (Democratic-NPL) (Republican) (Democratic-NPL) (Republican) (Democratic-NPL) Adams 1 633 320 240 340 222 315 216 317 219 Barnes 15 2,324 865 1,260 891 1,129 843 1,125 838 1,122 Benson 8 547 214 289 223 252 214 254 213 258 Billings 3 153 112 30 113 28 110 28 108 28 Bottineau 13 962 426 437 450 390 430 377 418 381 Bowman 4 497 293 165 304 151 288 153 285 153 Burke 6 371 191 143 208 122 190 127 183 129 Burleigh 35 8,694 4,570 2,910 4,904 2,683 4,661 2,620 4,643 2,600 Cass 35 25,281 10,882 11,265 11,627 10,287 10,829 9,899 10,728 9,886 Cavalier 10 1,261 495 485 570 395 496 379 470 365 Dickey 3 976 493 397 513 372 488 362 483 366 Divide 4 341 123 170 136 143 124 140 118 146 Dunn 11 736 397 263 412 238 392 238 388 237 Eddy 5 261 96 155 99 145 95 141 95 139 Emmons 5 841 432 296 456 279 425 260 425 263 Foster 6 316 127 150 137 140 131 138 126 139 Golden Valley 1 368 215 101 226 95 214 92 212 89 Grand Forks 43 10,843 4,218 5,324 4,656 4,479 4,271 4,409 4,210 4,391 Grant 4 812 447 249 471 232 444 217 447 215 Griggs 7 887 398 385 430 347 400 343 393 343 Hettinger 3 791 401 311 415 272 397 269 395 271 Kidder 6 442 237 159 245 149 237 143 235 144 LaMoure 9 902 441 383 456 371 436 353 431 354 Logan 5 601 274 227 286 210 270 189 265 187 McHenry 8 972 432 385 473 352 455 349 450 352 McIntosh 6 889 492 267 518 252 496 239 489 238 McKenzie 14 889 477 244 538 203 507 208 484 202 McLean 11 1,307 615 551 634 499 606 497 600 493 Mercer 14 1,371 732 487 786 460 755 455 755 453 Morton 18 3,536 1,718 1,325 1,842 1,218 1,720 1,207 1,716 1,202 Mountrail 9 723 301 360 315 324 298 324 295 318 Nelson 5 960 336 485 371 435 350 429 350 427 Oliver 7 361 190 141 191 134 195 131 192 134 Pembina 6 1,579 753 619 826 534 758 516 740 520 Pierce 8 348 169 140 186 134 176 133 174 132 Ramsey 8 1,643 662 692 739 626 691 615 676 616 Ransom 6 836 301 475 303 441 291 434 286 433 Renville 5 395 155 191 166 162 159 167 157 166 Richland 18 1,189 547 513 583 468 546 466 546 462 Rolette 5 945 219 577 246 536 225 469 218 478 Sargent 5 837 312 442 336 415 316 407 312 406 Sheridan 6 456 286 121 298 119 291 111 285 111 Sioux 7 321 71 214 78 190 68 191 70 192 Slope 3 149 79 57 81 48 80 45 79 45 Stark 13 4,167 2,227 1,432 2,384 1,288 2,201 1,289 2,175 1,269 Steele 5 463 153 254 174 235 161 224 161 226 Stutsman 12 3,948 1,769 1,719 1,873 1,489 1,733 1,447 1,689 1,450 Towner 3 572 209 290 230 263 205 257 205 256 Traill 13 1,260 477 675 497 598 486 606 478 602 Walsh 18 1,707 668 788 725 641 667 649 655 657 Ward 32 8,460 4,301 3,150 4,650 2,788 4,337 2,839 4,263 2,829 Wells 6 1,003 555 304 608 280 569 271 564 272 Williams 15 1,760 912 601 1,007 521 965 525 921 528 Total 528 102,886 46,785 43,293 50,226 38,784 47,007 37,972 46,411 37,894

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Insurance Commissioner Public Service Commissioner

Adam Hamm Jasper Schneider Brian Kalk Cheryl Bergian

COUNTIES CAST TOTAL

BALLOTS (Republican) (Democratic-NPL) (Republican) (Democratic-NPL) PRECINCTS Adams 1 633 313 217 314 221 Barnes 15 2,324 840 1,131 828 1,146 Benson 8 547 214 256 212 256 Billings 3 153 107 27 107 27 Bottineau 13 962 406 378 434 377 Bowman 4 497 286 150 283 150 Burke 6 371 182 126 183 130 Burleigh 35 8,694 4,615 2,623 4,533 2,652 Cass 35 25,281 10,803 10,081 10,691 10,036 Cavalier 10 1,261 468 376 471 379 Dickey 3 976 480 365 476 366 Divide 4 341 117 149 117 150 Dunn 11 736 384 242 386 242 Eddy 5 261 95 141 96 141 Emmons 5 841 417 262 416 264 Foster 6 316 128 136 125 141 Golden Valley 1 368 208 88 208 89 Grand Forks 43 10,843 4,203 4,428 4,189 4,456 Grant 4 812 437 218 436 222 Griggs 7 887 393 345 389 348 Hettinger 3 791 393 272 395 267 Kidder 6 442 237 145 236 149 LaMoure 9 902 432 356 433 356 Logan 5 601 263 192 263 194 McHenry 8 972 443 354 444 356 McIntosh 6 889 484 242 479 240 McKenzie 14 889 468 203 469 212 McLean 11 1,307 598 493 598 496 Mercer 14 1,371 756 454 751 454 Morton 18 3,536 1,698 1,207 1,672 1,210 Mountrail 9 723 287 323 287 328 Nelson 5 960 346 421 341 429 Oliver 7 361 189 133 188 134 Pembina 6 1,579 736 525 723 534 Pierce 8 348 174 135 174 133 Ramsey 8 1,643 680 620 675 628 Ransom 6 836 289 431 289 435 Renville 5 395 153 167 156 171 Richland 18 1,189 541 462 540 465 Rolette 5 945 216 481 220 483 Sargent 5 837 312 408 312 409 Sheridan 6 456 282 112 278 113 Sioux 7 321 68 193 68 196 Slope 3 149 77 46 77 46 Stark 13 4,167 2,171 1,282 2,150 1,285 Steele 5 463 161 223 161 231 Stutsman 12 3,948 1,718 1,450 1,697 1,479 Towner 3 572 205 259 204 258 Traill 13 1,260 473 602 470 614 Walsh 18 1,707 653 661 657 665 Ward 32 8,460 4,233 2,835 4,224 2,862 Wells 6 1,003 556 275 554 276 Williams 15 1,760 918 526 912 536 Total 528 102,886 46,306 38,227 45,991 38,437 Page 2 NO PARTY BALLOT

Northwest Judicial District

Superintendent of Public Justice of the Justice of the Number 2 Number 5 Instruction Supreme Court Supreme Court COUNTIES Unexpired 4-year term

PRECINCTS Max L Laird Wayne G Mary Maring Daniel J Doug Mattson David W Jeffrey L Sanstead Crothers Nelson Sheets TOTAL BALLOTS CAST BALLOTS TOTAL Adams 1 633 128 450 519 505 0 0 0 Barnes 15 2,324 520 1,397 1,768 1,679 0 0 0 Benson 8 547 121 321 398 377 0 0 0 Billings 3 153 42 91 121 118 0 0 0 Bottineau 13 962 296 497 715 684 0 0 0 Bowman 4 497 129 314 401 387 0 0 0 Burke 6 371 132 184 275 270 287 196 100 Burleigh 35 8,694 3,224 4,638 6,836 6,464 0 0 0 Cass 35 25,281 4,973 16,043 20,022 18,829 0 0 0 Cavalier 10 1,261 222 719 756 730 0 0 0 Dickey 3 976 200 642 786 767 0 0 0 Divide 4 341 89 200 253 241 249 211 53 Dunn 11 736 227 427 584 554 0 0 0 Eddy 5 261 65 164 207 203 0 0 0 Emmons 5 841 266 432 601 576 0 0 0 Foster 6 316 63 215 253 240 0 0 0 Golden Valley 1 368 101 209 276 267 0 0 0 Grand Forks 43 10,843 3,473 6,101 8,551 8,216 0 0 0 Grant 4 812 268 460 633 626 0 0 0 Griggs 7 887 186 556 682 640 0 0 0 Hettinger 3 791 206 482 610 595 0 0 0 Kidder 6 442 159 218 337 312 0 0 0 LaMoure 9 902 225 543 733 708 0 0 0 Logan 5 601 166 332 416 392 0 0 0 McHenry 8 972 345 504 751 723 0 0 0 McIntosh 6 889 216 571 700 690 0 0 0 McKenzie 14 889 292 473 602 569 568 450 186 McLean 11 1,307 405 726 1,005 970 0 0 0 Mercer 14 1,371 406 871 1,116 1,098 0 0 0 Morton 18 3,536 1,096 2,023 2,773 2,621 0 0 0 Mountrail 9 723 223 398 547 537 557 348 210 Nelson 5 960 274 594 778 747 0 0 0 Oliver 7 361 91 235 295 293 0 0 0 Pembina 6 1,579 371 952 1,164 1,104 0 0 0 Pierce 8 348 107 207 291 282 0 0 0 Ramsey 8 1,643 377 1,076 1,363 1,255 0 0 0 Ransom 6 836 201 552 725 687 0 0 0 Renville 5 395 137 201 298 285 0 0 0 Richland 18 1,189 222 780 937 901 0 0 0 Rolette 5 945 197 492 555 537 0 0 0 Sargent 5 837 176 568 689 662 0 0 0 Sheridan 6 456 149 258 369 357 0 0 0 Sioux 7 321 63 189 207 202 0 0 0 Slope 3 149 39 84 113 111 0 0 0 Stark 13 4,167 931 2,733 3,247 3,116 0 0 0 Steele 5 463 79 324 365 345 0 0 0 Stutsman 12 3,948 894 2,526 2,998 2,837 0 0 0 Towner 3 572 150 348 447 426 0 0 0 Traill 13 1,260 312 783 1,013 978 0 0 0 Walsh 18 1,707 390 1,057 1,250 1,186 0 0 0 Ward 32 8,460 2,791 4,743 6,580 6,344 6,814 4,277 1,735 Wells 6 1,003 283 558 737 703 0 0 0 Williams 15 1,760 530 1,001 1,343 1,274 1,293 1,133 406 Total 528 102,886 27,228 61,462 79,991 76,220 9,768 6,615 2,690

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Northeast Judicial Northeast Central East Central Judicial District District Judicial District

COUNTIES Number 3 Number 4 Number 4 Number 5 Number 1 Number 5 Number 6 Number 7

PRECINCTS Michael G Donovan Lawrence E Debbie G Susan L Wickham Frank L Georgia Wade Webb Sturdevant Foughty Jahnke Kleven Bailey "Wick" Racek Dawson

TOTAL BALLOTS CAST BALLOTS TOTAL Corwin

Adams 1 633 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barnes 15 2,324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Benson 8 547 372 394 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Billings 3 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bottineau 13 962 755 682 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bowman 4 497 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Burke 6 371 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Burleigh 35 8,694 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cass 35 25,281 0 0 0 0 13,157 6,883 19,015 19,223 19,314 Cavalier 10 1,261 718 728 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dickey 3 976 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Divide 4 341 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dunn 11 736 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddy 5 261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Emmons 5 841 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Foster 6 316 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Golden Valley 1 368 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grand Forks 43 10,843 0 0 8,868 8,897 0 0 0 0 0 Grant 4 812 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Griggs 7 887 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hettinger 3 791 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kidder 6 442 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LaMoure 9 902 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Logan 5 601 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McHenry 8 972 738 715 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McIntosh 6 889 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McKenzie 14 889 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McLean 11 1,307 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mercer 14 1,371 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morton 18 3,536 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mountrail 9 723 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nelson 5 960 0 0 806 799 0 0 0 0 0 Oliver 7 361 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pembina 6 1,579 1,091 1,092 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pierce 8 348 280 279 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ramsey 8 1,643 1,238 1,383 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ransom 6 836 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Renville 5 395 297 281 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Richland 18 1,189 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rolette 5 945 541 553 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sargent 5 837 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sheridan 6 456 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sioux 7 321 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slope 3 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stark 13 4,167 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steele 5 463 0 0 0 0 270 92 340 336 337 Stutsman 12 3,948 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Towner 3 572 425 471 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Traill 13 1,260 0 0 0 0 749 239 961 968 975 Walsh 18 1,707 1,162 1,142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ward 32 8,460 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wells 6 1,003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Williams 15 1,760 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 528 102,886 7,617 7,720 9,674 9,696 14,176 7,214 20,316 20,527 20,626

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Southeast South Central Judicial District Southwest MEASURES BALLOT Judicial Judicial District District Constitutional Measure Removes prohibition on appointing a member of the leg. assembly to an COUNTIES office the compensation was Number 5 Number 1 Number 6 Number 7 Number 8 Number 4 increasedNo. 1 by the leg. assembly during the member's term. PRECINCTS Daniel D David Reich Gail Hagerty Thomas J Donald L William A Narum Schneider Jorgensen Herauf YES NO TOTAL BALLOTS CAST BALLOTS TOTAL

Adams 1 633 0 0 0 0 0 521 196 304 Barnes 15 2,324 1,687 0 0 0 0 0 776 1,012 Benson 8 547 0 0 0 0 0 0 206 231 Billings 3 153 0 0 0 0 0 120 43 91 Bottineau 13 962 0 0 0 0 0 0 288 463 Bowman 4 497 0 0 0 0 0 392 185 235 Burke 6 371 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 156 Burleigh 35 8,694 0 6,596 6,769 6,674 6,496 0 3,238 4,599 Cass 35 25,281 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,826 11,275 Cavalier 10 1,261 0 0 0 0 0 0 323 558 Dickey 3 976 792 0 0 0 0 0 335 414 Divide 4 341 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 169 Dunn 11 736 0 0 0 0 0 580 223 365 Eddy 5 261 201 0 0 0 0 0 90 128 Emmons 5 841 0 572 580 596 593 0 221 432 Foster 6 316 240 0 0 0 0 0 134 110 Golden Valley 1 368 0 0 0 0 0 277 105 189 Grand Forks 43 10,843 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,779 5,105 Grant 4 812 0 620 622 632 619 0 208 450 Griggs 7 887 639 0 0 0 0 0 296 395 Hettinger 3 791 0 0 0 0 0 601 243 392 Kidder 6 442 0 313 327 320 317 0 130 218 LaMoure 9 902 726 0 0 0 0 0 297 410 Logan 5 601 0 397 405 408 401 0 156 287 McHenry 8 972 0 0 0 0 0 0 281 505 McIntosh 6 889 0 698 697 701 676 0 262 431 McKenzie 14 889 0 0 0 0 0 0 286 381 McLean 11 1,307 0 981 991 993 971 0 461 630 Mercer 14 1,371 0 1,108 1,116 1,113 1,101 0 411 778 Morton 18 3,536 0 2,629 2,706 2,796 2,578 0 1,147 1,844 Mountrail 9 723 0 0 0 0 0 0 215 369 Nelson 5 960 0 0 0 0 0 0 305 467 Oliver 7 361 0 289 296 295 293 0 111 198 Pembina 6 1,579 0 0 0 0 0 0 459 819 Pierce 8 348 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 153 Ramsey 8 1,643 0 0 0 0 0 0 551 760 Ransom 6 836 719 0 0 0 0 0 264 425 Renville 5 395 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 192 Richland 18 1,189 913 0 0 0 0 0 461 430 Rolette 5 945 0 0 0 0 0 0 221 386 Sargent 5 837 729 0 0 0 0 0 271 371 Sheridan 6 456 0 357 373 357 357 0 128 231 Sioux 7 321 0 199 211 215 206 0 91 127 Slope 3 149 0 0 0 0 0 124 41 83 Stark 13 4,167 0 0 0 0 0 3,475 1,453 1,996 Steele 5 463 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 241 Stutsman 12 3,948 2,855 0 0 0 0 0 1,250 1,982 Towner 3 572 0 0 0 0 0 0 186 274 Traill 13 1,260 0 0 0 0 0 0 457 608 Walsh 18 1,707 0 0 0 0 0 0 518 731 Ward 32 8,460 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,197 3,926 Wells 6 1,003 700 0 0 0 0 0 322 511 Williams 15 1,760 0 0 0 0 0 0 590 807 Total 528 102,886 10,201 14,759 15,093 15,100 14,608 6,090 35,888 48,644

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