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Valley City\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger has approved a recall petition for circulation on Monday, July 19 to recall \u00a0North Dakota District 24 Representative \u00a0Dwight Kiefert after the Republican law maker voted to expel a colleague, Representative Luke Simons accused of sexual harassment earlier this year.<\/p>\n
1,764 qualified elector signatures required for the petition<\/p>\n
Those signing the petition need to be resident and U.S. citizens of Barnes County North Dakota for more than thirty days.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
A majority of District 24 Republican Party members, in April of 2021 passed\u00a0\u00a0 a resolution to censure Kiefert.<\/a><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n