The Latest: ND Senate hopefuls agree on pot, voting ban

MANDAN, N.D. – The Latest on North Dakota U.S. Senate candidates’ votes on state ballot measures (all times local):

1:15 p.m.

North Dakota U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and her Republican opponent Kevin Cramer say they oppose a ballot measure that would legalize marijuana and they both support a ban on non-citizens voting in the state.

Heitkamp spoke with reporters Wednesday after casting an early ballot in Mandan. Cramer will vote in Bismarck on Election Day.

The two candidates disagree on a ballot measure that would amend the North Dakota constitution to include a sweeping government ethics overhaul that state Democrats have fought unsuccessfully for years to do.

Heitkamp voted for the measure and Cramer says he’ll vote against it.

Heitkamp is viewed as one of the most vulnerable candidates among red-state Democrats in the Senate, and Republicans are hoping to cling to a razor-thin majority.

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12:07 p.m.

Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says her early ballot in this year’s election includes a vote against legalizing marijuana and a vote for a ban on non-citizens voting.

Heitkamp spoke with reporters Wednesday after voting in Mandan. She says she supports decriminalizing marijuana, but thinks the legalization proposal on the ballot had too many problems. Police oppose the measure.

Supporters of the ban on non-citizens voting say it’s necessary to clarify ambiguous wording in the state constitution, even though it’s already illegal for non-citizens to vote in the state.

Heitkamp ended her media session before explaining that vote.

She’s in a tough re-election fight against Republican Kevin Cramer.