Times: Hercules council recall inches closer to June showdown
— by Jeffrey Wisniewski — 25 February 2011 — 1 comment below »
Tom Lochner reports:
On Tuesday the council by a 4-0 vote, formally acknowledged receipt of certification from the Contra Costa County Clerk that sponsors of recalls of Ward and Kuehne had collected enough signatures on each of two petitions to put the question on the ballot.
The sponsors needed 2,501 signatures, representing one-fifth the number of registered Hercules voters — 12,503 — on a given petition to qualify it for the ballot. They collected 2,883 to recall Ward and 2,986 to recall Kuehne. The county Clerk’s office verified all the signatures, tallying 2,544 valid signatures — “sufficient” signatures, in election lingo — for recalling Ward and 2,531 for recalling Kuehne.
That was close, but the expedited signature-gathering effort means the recall will be on the June ballot which saves the City considerable money from not requiring a special election.
This is pretty amazing since it was done in a month! That may be some sort of record! We also did it for less money than Pinole did I understand. We are still accepting donations by the way. Go to herculesrecall.com if you want to donate.