I sat down with Josh Meny at KX News for a interview about the campaign and my perspectives on the role of the office. Listen at https://www.kxnet.com/
Debates
Independent Candidate Charles Tuttle and DemNPL Candidate Jeffrey Powell meet for a debate in Bismarck, ND.
(this is what appearing on a Rob Port looks like - a zoom call with better microphones).
Dr. Powell, at the Amvet
in Bismarck, ND
Recent Streaming Audio Interviews
Interview: Prairie Public
Interview: Prairie Public
Interview: Prairie Public
General interview on Public Broadcasting radio
Click below - I appear in about 1:30 to 26:00.
Interview: WDAY Radio
Interview: Prairie Public
Interview: Prairie Public
General interview on WDAY Radio (Fargo), October
NEWSPAPERS
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"In his academic administration role, Powell works closely with developers on websites, and said a better website would improve both election information and business registration by making the site more user friendly.
[For example,] "the state has an excellent primer on the election process, but it isn’t engaging," Powell said. “It is a really terrific document. We need to find a way to make that more alive.”
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Powell: “I have always cared about elections, I have always cared about democracy.”
“Voting rights in North Dakota may soon be under assault in the same way they are in lots of other states.”
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Powell: "I am the only candidate who wants to preserve, or even expand, our voting systems. One candidate is running on a platform to eliminate drop boxes, end mail-based voting. The other guy voted...for a resolution that refuses voting rights for all Americans."
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Powell: “The advantage to electing a voting official – the key voting official in the state – from ‘the other party’ is I won’t be influenced by Burgum’s money or the power of the leaders in the legislature and other parts of the government.”
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Powell: “In their zealousness to impose their will rather than serve North Dakota, the legislature put a measure on the ballot in 2014, one that” had the impact of prohibiting abortion.
“Abortion care is health care. [The trigger ban - in place against the 2014 express will of the people] serves as allegory for so many other rights.”
Our “legislature so brilliantly fails to represent North Dakota.”
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Powell: “The Republican Party has become a place where dogma is more important than credibility.”
“I'm worried about voting rights. I want to make sure that we have a good, successful office where our records are kept. I want to make sure that people have the opportunity to interact with the government the way they need to,” Powell said. “I want to make sure that we're tracking what's going on in our state legislature, and that the website is good, reliable and useful."