Thursday, September 12, 2024

Ohio: Petitions taken out against Springfield City Commission

Petitions have been taken out against the entire Springfield City Commission, including Mayor Rob Rue, Assistant Mayor David Estrop and Commissioners Krystal Brown, Bridget Houston and Tracey Tackett over complaints about the Haiti immigrants to the city. The recall is part of the recent conservative meme/presidential debate weird moment of complaints that immigrants are eating pets. 

The petition is odd in a different way, as it does not target a specific member but the entire commission at once. I've never seen this (though I've frequently been asked questions if this is possible). It may be because Springfield has a possibly unique recall law that may allow this.  The recall law states that ""any or all members of the city commission may be removed..." and "A petition for the recall of the commissioner or commissioners designated..." 

We will see how this plays out and whether this impacts the amount of signatures needed to get on the ballot (it is 15% of registered, but if you're doing a whole city at once, is it the entire city versus each jurisdiction).

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