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Public commenters say roughly 9,000 signatures submitted for Aurora mayor recall
Summary
Speakers during public comment said petitioners turned in about 9,000 signatures and plan to seek a recall mechanism on the November ballot; petitioner Adam Pauley thanked city clerk staff and said other Illinois communities are watching Aurora’s effort.
A public commenter opened the meeting by saying organizers have taken their effort "to a national scale" and emphasized the size of the petition, repeating, "9,000 signatures, and that's all I'm gonna go back to." The speaker urged the city to put a recall mechanism "on the books for the power of the people."
Adam Pauley, who the clerk identified during public comment, told the council the petition packets were "the 2 biggest petition packets in the history of our city," said they were too large to fit through the window slot, and thanked the city clerk's staff for a "very streamlined" process. He said organizers have heard from groups across Illinois seeking to replicate the effort and urged support for creating recall mechanisms in November.
The council took no substantive action during the public-comment period; the comments were recorded for committee and council consideration on subsequent agenda items and the speakers were returned to the record before committee reports began.
