It seems mighty convenient that Arizona State Senate President and SB1070 mastermind (and Nazi socializer) Russell Pearce's recall election has hit a roadbump:
Arizona's elections director said she inadvertently gave an incorrect timetable to the organizers of a drive to recall controversial Senate President Russell Pearce, forcing a change in strategy in the historic recall effort.
Elections Director Amy Bjelland said she initially told recall organizer Randy Parraz that if he filed his signatures by May 25, there would be enough time to verify them and schedule a November election.
But Bjelland since has notified Parraz that Gov. Jan Brewer has 15 days to officially call an election if the signatures check out, not five. The difference of 10 days in the recall timetable means Citizens for a Better Arizona already has missed the actual deadline, May 10, to turn in the signatures for a November election and can only hope for a March 13, 2012, election.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/...
It seems corruption knows no bounds nowadays, and Republican incompetence in government just gets worse and worse.
And the response of the elections director?
"I was not factoring in the governor's 15 days," Bjelland said. "It is what it is. I felt terrible about it."
I bet you did.
Apparently this is how SoS Ken Bennett and Gov. Jan Brewer run elections.
Anyone up for letting the Arizona Secretary of State know how they feel about this?
http://www.azsos.gov/...
Ken Bennett (Administration line): (602) 542-4919
Amy Bjelland (Elections line): (602) 542-8683
Corruption or incompetence - either way they have successfully derailed the first viable recall of an Arizona official in Arizona history.
Updated by AZ Independent at Fri May 20, 2011 at 08:12 AM MST
Here's a link to the Recall Pearce site:
http://recallpearce.com/
I don't know if they plan legal challenges, but any challenge will definitely be costly.