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Should Oklahomans have the power to recall state elected officials?
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<blockquote data-quote="Raoul Duke" data-source="post: 2307568" data-attributes="member: 27529"><p><a href="http://watchdog.org/13552/lawmaker-wants-to-give-oklahoma-citizens-recall-power/" target="_blank">http://watchdog.org/13552/lawmaker-wants-to-give-oklahoma-citizens-recall-power/</a></p><p></p><p><em>Oklahoma would become the 20th state to allow citizens to petition for recall elections under an amendment proposed by Rep. Danny Morgan (D-Prague). Morgan filed his amendment today to House Bill 2449 by Rep. Marty Quinn (R-Claremore) which deals with municipal elections.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Under Morgans amendment, every elected officer of this state and any political subdivision thereof will be eligible for a recall. Those wanting to recall an elected official will have 90-days to gather signatures of registered voters totaling at least 15% of the number of voters in the most recent general election. If a petition is successful, the recall election will feature two questions: shall the official be recalled and who shall replace the official? Under the language of the amendment, the official being recalled cannot be on the list of replacements.</em></p><p></p><p>What say you, OSA'rs?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raoul Duke, post: 2307568, member: 27529"] [URL="http://watchdog.org/13552/lawmaker-wants-to-give-oklahoma-citizens-recall-power/"]http://watchdog.org/13552/lawmaker-wants-to-give-oklahoma-citizens-recall-power/[/URL] [I]Oklahoma would become the 20th state to allow citizens to petition for recall elections under an amendment proposed by Rep. Danny Morgan (D-Prague). Morgan filed his amendment today to House Bill 2449 by Rep. Marty Quinn (R-Claremore) which deals with municipal elections. Under Morgans amendment, every elected officer of this state and any political subdivision thereof will be eligible for a recall. Those wanting to recall an elected official will have 90-days to gather signatures of registered voters totaling at least 15% of the number of voters in the most recent general election. If a petition is successful, the recall election will feature two questions: shall the official be recalled and who shall replace the official? Under the language of the amendment, the official being recalled cannot be on the list of replacements.[/I] What say you, OSA'rs? [/QUOTE]
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