As already noted, on August 3, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled in favor of Libertarian Roland Riemers, so that a recount of the June 12 primary vote for Secretary of State will occur. Here is the Opinion in Riemers v Jaeger, 2018 ND 192.

An irony is that bills have been introduced in two recent sessions of the legislature to eliminate the minimum vote test in primaries. Both times the bill failed to pass. Both times Secretary of State Al Jaegers testified against the bill. If the bill had passed, North Dakota would not need this recount. The author of the bills, both times, was Representative Cory Mock, a Democrat.