According to 82-year-old Grand Forks history teacher, John Rolczynski, no. A single word was left out of North Dakota's 1889 constitution which puts it in non-compliance with the United States Constitution and, therefore, North Dakota cannot be a state. Territory, yes; state, no.
It was widely reported last year across the nation - and even internationally - that, after a seventeen year quest, Rolczynski finally got a U.S. Congressman to take him seriously, and the people of North Dakota were to vote on amending its constitution to fix the problem last month.
What's so very interesting is that last month some North Dakotan's submitted a petition to the White House to SECEDE from the Union. (Someone should make up their minds here...)
Now, if Rolczynski is right, and no vote was put on the ballot, I'm guessin' secession isn't necessary, huh?
According to Elizabeth Chuck of MSNBC.com, before teaching, Rolczynski served in the U.S. Air Force — one of his
trainers was Charles Lindbergh, he said — and took political science
classes because of his father's wish for him to be a lawyer. Rolczysnki
ended up getting a degree in Spanish, French, and social sciences, and
later learned Russian. He told the Grand Forks Herald he credits his
attention to detail to the skills he learned as a Russian linguist in
the Air Force in the 1950s.
Seems a pretty credible guy to me...
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