Valley City  (CSi)  North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger has approved a recall petition for circulation on Monday, July 19 to recall  North Dakota District 24 Representative  Dwight Kiefert after the Republican law maker voted to expel a colleague, Representative Luke Simons accused of sexual harassment earlier this year.

1,764 qualified elector signatures required for the petition

Those signing the petition need to be resident and U.S. citizens of Barnes County North Dakota for more than thirty days.

Recall committee chairman, Shane Anderson says that Representative Kiefert is being recalled for failing to meet the standards of a Republican found in the North Dakota Republican Party platform, the North Dakota Constitution, and the U.S. Constitution.

A majority of District 24 Republican Party members, in April of 2021 passed   a resolution to censure Kiefert.

Kiefert says he expects similar ideologues in other parts of the state to initiate recall campaigns against other Republican members of the House who voted to expel Simons.

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