Article: http://www.bayoubuzz.com/News/…
Papers have been filed with the Office of the Louisiana Secretary of State which started the process requiring sufficient signatures to force a recall election for the office held by Representative Cao.
What is a recall election? As many people may remember, the recent recall election in California that can be summed up as a clusterf*** of a race. You can see a picture of the ballot here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi…
Of the 135 candidates, notable ones include: Tom McClintock, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cruz Bustamente, Gary Coleman, Larry Flynt, Arianna Huffington, etc.
One elected official, State Representative Juan A. LaFonta, Democrat of District 96 told Bayoubuzz that he does not know about the existence of the petition but that he would sign it.
“We don’t need Cao to be Steve Scalise”, said LaFonta. Scalise is a Republican who represents a neighboring conservative Congressional District. “People are starving and Cao needs to represent the people of the district”, LaFonta said.
The group of ministers who filed the petition want to make sure that he faces a recall which could be a very daunting act, if not impossible act in Louisiana based upon the state’s history.
So what are the rules for a recall election in Louisiana and what is the likelihood of a recall election? First, you have 180 days to get 33% of signatures of voters in the district. A high bar, to say the least.
Two local African-American Ministers have launched a recall petition against newly elected Second District Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao that already reportedly has over 12,000 signatures in its first week. Rev. Toris Young, President of the Louisiana Ministerial Alliance of Churches for All Peoples, has joined with his fellow Minister Aubry Wallace to attempt to obtain the verified signatures of more than 101,000 registered voters in the 2nd District, more than a third of the registered electorate, in just 180 days.
Link: http://www.bayoubuzz.com/News/…
12,000 signatures in 7 days is a pace that can succeed, but can the religious and political leaders in the district maintain such a vigorous pace? Time will tell. (Original H/T to DK but I looked up the CA ballot and Louisiana law myself)