Minot resident Josiah Roise said at Monday's city council meeting that he has submitted the requisite number of signatures for a special election to be held for the vacated mayoral seat. He followed that by announcing his intention to run for mayor as well.
In the midst of the Public Appearances portion of the 3.5 hour meeting Monday, Royce spoke about his discontent with the Minot Police at great detail including some heavy allegations. You can view his comments here. He ended with saying "It's a petition so we can actually have a new election for new mayor. I was told we needed 292 [signatures], I went out and got close to 500, turned them in today."
Assuming the signatures are able to be verified, the soonest the election is able to occur is still likely July 20th, due to there being a mandatory 15 day period as well as a minimum of 95 days following that for a special election to be held. Per the City of Minot Facebook page, "After the verification of signatures, if the special election petition is successful, candidates can begin circulating a nomination petition 30 days before the special election filing deadline, collecting 300 signatures to be placed on the ballot."
Roise finished by announcing his intent to run as a "Constitutional Mayor...and anything that conflicts with the Constitution as the forefathers wrote is here by null and void."
