After pharmacy ruling, N.D. fall ballot ready

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's November ballot is ready for the printer.

Secretary of State Al Jaeger says the ballot was sent to county auditors after his office finished reviewing it shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Jaeger says the work was mostly completed before Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling on a proposed initiative to abolish North Dakota's pharmacy ownership restrictions.

The court ruled the pharmacy petition shouldn't go on the ballot in November because it didn't meet the state Constitution's requirements for initiated measures.

The November ballot will have two measures. They seek to set up a state savings account for oil money, and to ban the shooting of big game within fenced areas.

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