North Dakota Code § 16.1-02-03

Secretary of state to establish the central voter file with department of
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transportation and county auditors.
1. Not later than the primary election in 2008, the secretary of state shall establish the 
central voter file in cooperation with the department of transportation and county 
auditors.
2. The secretary of state shall establish the initial central voter file from records 
maintained by the department of transportation. Each county auditor shall compare the 
initial central voter file against all precinct pollbooks used in the auditor's county during 
and created from the general elections in the two previous election years and any 
reasonably reliable updates made by the county auditor since the general elections in 
the two previous election years. Any individual contained in the initial central voter file 
who voted at either of the general elections in the two previous election years must be 
designated as "active" in the initial central voter file. Any individual contained in the 
initial central voter file who did not vote at either of the general elections in the two 
previous election years must be designated as "inactive" in the initial central voter file.
3. Each individual contained in the initial central voter file must be assigned a unique 
identifier. An individual's unique identifier must be randomly generated and assigned to 
the individual.
4. When establishing the initial central voter file from the records maintained by the 
department of transportation and the pollbooks from the general elections in the two 
previous election years, the secretary of state and county auditors shall attempt to 
correct address errors and misspellings of names.

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