Sunday, September 25, 2022

Georgia: Newton County Commissioner threatened with recall effort

Newton County Commission Chair Marcello Banes is facing recall threats from another Commissioner, J.C. Henderson, over Banes' request to remove a sign naming a bandroom for local arts leader T.K. Adams. 

Banes claims that the commissioners must approve the naming for it to be allowed. 

Georgia is a malfeasance standard/judicial recall state, so Henderson would need a showing of cause to get this on the ballot. They would need 30% of registered voters, about 24,000 signatures, to get on the ballot.

State law requires at least 100 New

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