Ethics Commission hosts webinar about complaint process
Rebecca Binstock, center, executive director for the North Dakota Ethics Commission, conducts a virtual meeting in their conference room at the Capitol on March 27, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
The North Dakota Ethics Commission will host a free webinar on June 25 from noon to 1 p.m. breaking down its ethics complaint process.
Commission staff will walk through how it investigates complaints — from the perspectives of the filer, the accused as well as the Ethics Commission itself, according to an announcement from the commission.
To register, visit the Ethics Commission’s website. There’s no deadline to register.
As with the commission’s previous workshops, the event can count toward continuing legal education for North Dakota attorneys.
The Ethics Commission was created by Amendment XIV of the North Dakota Constitution, which was approved by voters in 2018.
The amendment gives the commission oversight over the areas of lobbying, corruption, transparency and elections.
It also requires the Ethics Commission to investigate alleged violations of commission’s rules, as well as of Article XIV and certain state statutes.
The commission’s process for investigating complaints was codified into state law by the Legislature in 2019.
Ethics complaints submitted to the commission have been on the rise since late 2022, according to Executive Director Rebecca Binstock.
As of May 30, there had been 15 complaints submitted since the start of 2024, Binstock said. By comparison, there were 17 complaints filed in all of 2023.
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