The presence of cartoon characters’ names among thousands of signatures was not the only reason a petition to recall the mayor of New Orleans failed, according to elections officials.
Rep. Hollis is proposing a new law that would lower the threshold needed to recall an elected official in Louisiana based on the number of people who voted in the election.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell filed two lawsuits Tuesday (March 14), challenging a decision to lower the threshold of signatures needed to trigger a recall election.
Those who signed the petition to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell were mostly white people in neighborhoods where she did not have strong support
According to records so far only obtained by The Times-Picayune, Judge Jennifer Medley signed a petition to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell last December.
A voting rights group said lawsuits should be expected in the wake of a closed-door deal between local and state elections officials and organizers of the effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, which lowered the threshold of signatures required for the recall to advance.
Election officials and organizers of an effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell have reached an agreement on the number of active voters in the parish.
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