Signatures have been validated against East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King, with petitioners handing in 322 valid signatures and needing 311. The election would likely be on Election Day, November 8.

Petitioners claim that King used the police to target his Democratic primary opponents in 2021 for towing a van he was using to promote another candidate using loudspeakers.

King has been Mayor since 2016 when the last mayor, Gary Norton, was kicked out in a recall with the council president, Thomas Wheeler.