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LACEY RECALL HAS BEEN DEFEATED BY PROCEDURE.

The Lacey School Board Recall Effort has been defeated by procedure. Last Thursday the County Clerk finally certified the Petition format.  However, in the same meeting we were told that all 5,000 signatures needed to be obtained prior to August 12th. That is about four weeks. Then the County Clerk had ten days to verify the signatures on the petition. If the County Clerk finds a sufficient number of signatures were obtained, then there is a ten day period for the individuals being Recalled just has to challenge the Petition.  If a guaranteed challenge is simply filed, the clock has run out and the Recall effort is over. The only recourse is to start all over again from the beginning and go for the Recall to be placed on a special election. 

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