North Dakotans Narrowly Reject Free School Meals Measure

North Dakota Rejects Universal Free School Meals; Faces 'Pro Life Until They're Out of the Womb' Jab

North Dakota voters rejected a constitutional amendment requiring free breakfast and lunch for every public school student, with the measure losing by 2,889 votes in unofficial returns.

School meals bill falls short of required votes at election

The measure that looked to spend millions of dollars to provide free meals to children at North Dakota schools came up short of the required threshold.

North Dakota voters reject universal free school meals amendment

Measure 2 fails 50.61% to 49.39%, leaving current income-based lunch system in place.

A snapshot look at Tuesday's election

Bismarck residents in Tuesday's general election narrowly defeated for the second time this year a multimillion-dollar school bond referendum to boost school infrastructure, while a statewide measure to provide free school meals also failed. U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., easily…

North Dakotans narrowly reject free school meals measure

In final but unofficial results, no votes garnered 50.61% while the yes votes had 49.39%, with all 358 precincts reporting. The measure failed by just over 1% or fewer than 2,900 votes.