Back in 1889, North Dakota was carved out of the Dakota Territory and admitted to the Union at the same time as South Dakota. Or so everyone thought.
But the state founders who drafted the constitution left out the key requirement that the governor and other top officials take an oath of office, putting the state constitution in conflict with the federal one.
I wouldn't put it past the campaign people to ponder this.
A shame that the man pushing this issue for so long couldn't have waited until 2013.
