Thursday, January 12, 2012
5:47 PM
Fitzgerald files complaint over signature window
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald opened up a new legal front against the recalls, filing a complaint today over the window in which opponents were allowed to gather signatures.
Fitzgerald alleged in his complaint that the GAB incorrectly set a 61-day, rather than 60-day, window for recall petitioners to gather signatures.
Fitzgerald said that GAB Director Kevin Kennedy told him that Nov. 15, when the Fitzgerald recall committee submitted their paperwork, was "day zero" and that the count started on the next day. Because of that, the recall committee has until Saturday to gather signatures, a 61-day window. The committee has until Tuesday to turn in the signatures because the GAB is closed for the weekend and the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday.
Read the complaint
The GAB released a memo this afternoon from the Department of Justice that says the recall window for those who filed Nov. 15 ends Saturday and the petitions must be turned in by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Read the memo
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