Jamestown  (CSi) Voters go to the polls in Stutsman and Barnes Counties Tuesday, to make their voices known in the 2018 County and District 29 legislative races.

In Stutsman County three candidates will be elected to the Stutsman County Commission in contested races, along with the Stutsman County Sheriff.

County Measure Number One asks voters if they favor increasing the 9-1-1 Emergency phone system monthly fee.

Voters in District 29 will elect a state senator and two state house of representative candidates.

Barnes County voters will elect candidates in races in Barnes County Commission Districts, two, three and four along with Barnes County Sheriff and State’s Attorney.

Polls at the Jamestown Civic Center are open from 7-a.m., to 7-p.m., along with rural district polls, in Medina, Kensal and Pingree.

One poll for Barnes County is open from 7-a.m., to 7-p.m., at the central voting location at the Barnes County Courthouse.

Voters will also elect state candidates for various offices, along with a U.S. Senator, and U.S. Congressman, along with ballot measures including legalizing recreational marijuana.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The biggest prize in North Dakota on Tuesday was the state’s U.S. Senate seat, where Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp faced serious headwinds in her run toward a second term against Republican Kevin Cramer. But the state ballot had plenty of other items worth voters’ attention.

Just two years after voters said yes to medicinal marijuana, they weighed the far bigger question of recreational marijuana. They also faced a broad ethics reform proposal, as well as whom to vote into Congress in Cramer’s place. Here’s a rundown on the election:

MARIJUANA

North Dakota was joining Michigan in deciding whether to legalize marijuana, something already done in nine states plus the District of Columbia — but no place yet in the Midwest. North Dakota approved medicinal marijuana in 2016, but the rollout has been slow.

Despite that vote, law enforcement lined up solidly against broad legalization, arguing that it would lead to more violent crime, driving accidents and workplace issues. The state also estimated that it would be expensive, in part because of a provision that would wipe past marijuana-related convictions off people’s records if the amendment was approved.

Backers argued that legalization would free up law enforcement to tackle more serious crimes. They were counting on a shoe-leather campaign to build support, raising little money for their effort and getting only token help from national legalization groups.

ETHICS MEASURE

Voters will be asked to amend the North Dakota constitution to include a sweeping government ethics overhaul that state Democrats have fought unsuccessfully for years to do. Backers call it an “anti-corruption” measure aimed at transparency, and raised more than $400,000 to push it — much of the money from left-leaning out-of-state groups.

Opponents argued the state has no ethics problem. That included the Republican-led Legislature, where leaders said it’s not needed because lawmakers already follow high standards of conduct. Opposition wasn’t all conservative, though — the ACLU said the measure is poorly written and restricts political speech and advocacy.

NONCITIZEN VOTING

A proposal would amend the state constitution to explicitly bar non-U.S. citizens from voting. The document already defines a voter as a U.S. citizen, but supporters argued that ambiguous wording needed to be clarified. Still, Gary Emineth, a former state Republican Party chairman, acknowledged that one goal of his proposal was to attract conservative voters to balance liberal voters that might be drawn to the marijuana issue.

U.S. HOUSE

Republican state Sen. Kelly Armstrong is a heavy favorite for North Dakota’s open U.S. House seat. He raised more than $1.4 million, more than twice as much as Democrat Mac Schneider, a former two-term state senator who didn’t get much outside help. The two candidates largely agreed on fewer federal regulations and more control to local governments. Armstrong supports President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and trade policies, while Schneider doesn’t.

SECRETARY OF STATE

Republican Al Jaeger’s nearly three decades heading up the secretary of state’s office was in question. Jaeger was snubbed by his own party at the state convention, where businessman Will Gardner attacked Jaeger as behind the times. Gardner wound up quitting the race when an old conviction for a peeping-tom incident resurfaced — clearing the way for Jaeger to rise again as an independent. Democrat Josh Boschee, a state representative from Fargo, also portrayed the secretary of state operation as badly in need of modernization.

LEGISLATURE

Republicans hold supermajorities in both chambers of the Legislature, and that wasn’t likely to change Tuesday. Democrats were hoping to knock off a whale, longtime House Majority Leader Al Carlson, in his south Fargo district.

POLL HOURS

The voting hours in North Dakota vary by county, but are generally from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time. A voter who is standing in line at the time the polls close will be allowed to vote.