Jackson Recall Organizers File Motion to Continue Collecting Signatures
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
The organizers of the effort to recall Providence City Councilman Kevin Jackson filed a motion in Superior Court on Tuesday asking to be allowed to continue to collect signatures to remove him.
Patricia Kammerer and Karina Wood filed the motion a day after their lawyer Dawn Euer filed a motion to "restore their rights," after the Board of Canvassers ruled that they would suspend the signature-collecting period.
The "Recall Kevin Jackson" group argues that those developments "agreed to outside the court...infringe on their 1st Amendment right to petition and are tactics meant to stifle a constitutionally protected right, and bully the individuals involved."
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST"We stand by the integrity of the 360 signatures that were validated by the Board of Canvassers on October 13th and welcome a swift process to defend the integrity of the signatures we have gathered. Sentiment throughout Ward 3 is so strong for Jackson's removal that we are confident we will gather the the required number of signatures for recall in the 2nd round of signatures," said Kammerer.
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On Monday, GoLocal reported that the Board of Canvassers had flip-flopped on their original position in the Jackson case.
The Providence Board of Canvassers has reversed itself on two major elements of the battle over the recall of City Councilman Kevin Jackson.
According to a letter signed by the three members of the Board of Canvassers sent to Jackson’s lawyer late on Friday, the Board will now allow a hearing and hear objections.
“It is critical that there is reasonable due process — Jackson was fairly elected. We have questions about some of the petitions, who signed them, and there are clearly some real questions. Whether there is something fraudulent, that is a question for law enforcement,” said Artin Coloian, one of Jackson’s attorneys.
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