3rd DeLeon recall petition: an early glance
Today I picked up a copy of the 3rd petition to recall Linda DeLeon that Roger Settler turned a few days ago. The petition contains 707 signatures according to Settler. 494 valid signatures are needed to force either a resignation or a recall election.
Things are pretty busy in my life right now, but I am interested in studying this petition to see what I can see. I haven’t entered the petition into a database, but I’ve looked over each page and come up with a few early items of interest:
- Approximately 450 signatures are missing voter registration numbers.
- Approximately 160 signatures failed to check whether they voted for DeLeon in the election in which she was elected.
- Lots of Texas Tech students signed the petition
My very early guess is that this petition won’t make it.
My opinion remains that this whole “recall DeLeon” business is a big waste of time. It’s more of a media circus based around a few local personalities than anything else. I don’t believe that a petition to recall Linda has enough support in her district to succeed.
Related A-J Coverage:
http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/022208/loc_249589813.shtml
http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/022308/loc_250018828.shtml
