Saturday, September 30, 2006

Recall Clock Tick Toc: Mail IN and Hand In Signed Petitions

Please Hand IN/ Mail IN all Recall Petitions THIS WEEK:

OCTOBER 16th is the Deadline to Present them to the City Clerk
Those of you who have signed Recall Petitions Please Mail Them In, or hand them In so they can be included in the total tally as we approach the end of this signature collection periord.


The Recall Process Ends with the Question To Recall or Not Recall a Public Official, on a Ballot for the Voters to Make their decision known.

It takes 1509 Signatures on the Recall Petitions to Get the Question on a Ballot.

What has been Accomplished:

Intent to Recall: Written and Signed by 20 Registered Voters
Intent to Recall: Accepted
Intent to Recall: Responded To
Writing of Petition Form: Including Response Written By Recalled Official
Approval of Petition Form:

Gathering of Signatures:
Person to Person Collection
Recall Office: GTN Blog
Mailed Petition and Letters
PE Forum and Blog Visited by 0ver 3000 Readers.
Voter and Citizen Education Efforts by the Recall Proponents.

What is Left to Be Done:

Signatures are Still Being Collected:
Count Signatures IF Sufficient in Number Hand them In to City Clerk;
City Clerk Verifies Signatures in 30 Days.
Special Election Scheduled:
Candidates Announce their Availability:
Recall Election

There are a couple of forks in the Recall Road. One is a straight path to Recall.

The OTHER FORK in the Road:
IF there is not a sufficient number of Signatures the Recall Proponents May Decide to Re-file their Notice of Intent to Recall and Start the Collection Process New. This would require new Petitions, and New Signatures, but no doubt it would be easy to re-contact those citizens who have already indicated support to the recall.

IF there is clearly not support for a recall, the issue may be dropped by the recall proponents.

IF there are alternative means to bring about the desired goal, those options may be taken.