AK Women RECALL Palin

Posted by lkharter

Posted: September 18, 2008 - 9:20 pm

The brave and stalwart group who demonstrated at the
library could easily morph into a recall movement.

Sarah reneging on her promise to be open, transparent, and
to cooperate with the investigation of Troopergate is a
betrayal of her compact with Alaskans. Alaskans do not
care who you were, what you want to be, or where you are going. But do NOT lie to us. We are not like the lower
48. In the lower 48, having a flat tire is not a matter of
life and death. And lying to Alaskan voters about your
full cooperation in an investigation is a flat tire.

The recall procedures appear in Article XI of our Constitution, Alaska Election Law under AS 15.45.010 - 15.45.720 and the Alaska Administrative Code under 6 AAC 25.240 and 245. The following information summarizes the statutes and regulations.

This information should not be considered a substitute for reading the statutes and regulations in their entirety.

DEFINITIONS

The recall is the procedure by which the people may remove the governor, lieutenant governor, or members of the state legislature from office. The recall question appears on a special election ballot. [Ref. AS 15.45.470-720]

STEPS IN THE PROCESS
The recall petition process follows the following basic steps:

PREPARATION OF LANGUAGE by a petition committee for the application
COLLECTION OF SIGNATURES of 100 qualified voters who agree to act as sponsors for petition circulation purposes
APPLICATION for a petition presented to the Director of the Division of Elections.
REVIEW by the Lt. Governor, Department of Law and Division of Elections
PETITION BOOKLETS PRINTED by the Division of Elections for the petition committee
COLLECTION OF SIGNATURES of qualified voters in at least 30 election districts who support the petition
FILING OF THE PETITION with the Division of Elections
REVIEW of signatures by the Division of Elections
NOTIFICATION by the Director of the Division of Election,
if the petition is or is not sufficient (i.e., there were enough signatures) to appear on the ballot,or in the case of a recall, the PREPARATION of ballot language
RESTRICTIONS

Recall

The application for a recall petition may not be filed during the first 120 days of the term of office of any state public official subject to recall.
The recall petition may not be filed if the public official has fewer than 180 days remaining to serve in that office.
[Ref. AS 14.45.490 and AS 15.45.610]

Refusing to honor subpoenas? Refusing to turn over emails?

Flat tire.

AK Women RECALL Palin

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