Minnesota: Outside counsel hired to examine Blue Earth City Council recall effort

An outside counsel is set to be hired to determine if a recall effort against Blue Earth City Councilman John Huisman should be allowed to go forward. Petitioners claim to have more than the 250 signatures needed to get on the ballot. Minnesota is a malfeasance standard state and the petition needs to hit a statutorily delineated reason to get on the ballot. Minnesota has a very high hurdle.

The recall effort claims that Huisman violated the First Amendment for signing a letter calling for a program to be removed from KBEW radio.