Washington: Signatures handed in against three Richland School Board members

Signatures have been filed in the recall effort against three Richland School Board members Semi Bird, Audra Byrd and Kari Williams. Petitioners handed in over 18000 signatures. They need 5352 for Byrd, 5293 for Bird and 4705 for Williams.

The recall is over their vote to make mask mandates optional, which allegedly violates a state law that mandated masks to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. 

The Washington State Supreme Court has approved the recall effort, which because Washington is a malfeasance standard/judicial recall state, needed a showing of a violation of state law.