N.D. Cent. Code § 40-04-10 (2025)
When a petition to change from or revert to the commission system of government, with the city auditor's certificate of sufficiency, is filed with the governing body of a city, or when a resolution to change or revert has been adopted, the governing body shall call a special election at which only the question of changing from or reverting to the commission system of government will be submitted. The date of such election shall not be less than sixty days nor more than ninety days after the date of the auditor's certificate that a sufficient petition has been filed. The ballot to be used at the election shall include the issue presented in the petition or resolution in substantially one of the following forms:
Shall the city of ___ change from its organization under the commission system of government and become a city under the council form of government?
Yes
No
Shall the city of ___ change from its organization under the commission system of government and become a city under the modern council form of government with a five-man council?
Yes
No
Shall the city of ___ change from its organization under the commission system of government and become a city under the modern council form of government with a seven-man council?
Yes
No
Shall the city of ___ change from its organization under the commission system of government and become a city under the modern council form of government with an eleven-man council?
Yes
No
Shall the city of ___ revert from the council form of government to the commission system of government?
Yes
No
Shall the city of ___ revert from the modern council form of government with a five-man council to the commission system of government?
Yes
No
Shall the city of ___ revert from the modern council form of government with a seven-man council to the commission system of government?
Yes
No
Shall the city of ___ revert from the modern council form of government with an eleven-man council to the commission system of government?
Yes
No