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Jackson County legislators seek legal opinion after county executive requests recall petition records
Summary
Legislators pressed county officials over a sunshine request from the county executive for recall petition records, raising concerns that using county resources to obtain and review signatures could risk retaliation, increase liability and blur the separation between election boards and executive duties.
During the May 19 Jackson County legislative meeting, several legislators questioned the county executive’s recent sunshine request for recall-petition records from the county clerk and local election boards and asked county counsel to provide an opinion on whether that request fits within the executive’s official duties.
"It seems, to me like a very inappropriate use of county resources to request those copies," Legislator Smith said, arguing that signature validation and petition review historically fall to election officials, not the executive branch. Smith said she was concerned about both the appropriateness of the request and the risk of…
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