Thursday, September 22, 2022

Ohio: Lawsuit seeks to toss out East Cleveland Mayor recall

East Cleveland Law Director Willa Hemmons has filed a petition to stop the upcoming Election Day recall vote against East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King.

Petitioners handed in 322 valid signatures and needed 311. The law requires that signers voted in the last election. Hemmons claims that 43 signers did not, so their signatures should be tossed out. Hemmons seems to be acting in a private capacity and being paid by King himself.

Petitioners claim that King used the police to target his Democratic primary opponents in 2021 for towing a van he was using to promote another candidate using loudspeakers.

King has been mayor since 2016 when the last mayor, Gary Norton, was kicked out in a recall with the council president, Thomas Wheeler.

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