Judge orders no votes be counted in Hughes mayor recall

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     (AP) – A circuit judge has ordered that election officials not

count votes in a ballot measure seeking the recall of the Hughes mayor.

     Circuit Judge Kathleen Bell ruled Tuesday that the petition to put the recall

on the ballot was not certified in a timely manner. According to the

Times-Herald newspaper , the petition to recall Mayor Grady Collum was submitted

Aug. 10 and certified on Aug. 22.

     In September, Collum sued, citing a state law that says recall petitions must

be filed between 91 and 105 days before the general election. The petition to

recall Collum was filed 90 days before the election.

     Bell’s judgment notes that the measure was not certified within a 10-day

window as required under election law.






   

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