A new law is changing the way absentee ballots are counted, and this is being put to the test for the first time next month in Minot.

Josiah Roise is suing Minot-area law enforcement over a search warrant executed on his property as part of an investigation into a pipe bomb.

Minot will give a new state law on absentee ballots its first run when it holds its mayoral race Aug. 5. “A lot of people are interested around the state to see how it goes,” Secretary of State Michael Howe said in Minot last week.