• FalunDong [she/her,any]
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      4 years ago

      The recall rules in Seattle are so phenomenally bullshit I would recommend reading into them more on your own. Basically they've leveraged 6 "charges" against her, currently being processed through the courts (2 charges have been dropped on the first round) and it will go through to the state Supreme Court where Kshama's lawyers expect at least one to be approved. Not because its a valid claim, but because "To approve a recall effort, state courts merely have to conclude that recall petition charges, if true, would constitute malfeasance or a violation of an official’s oath of office. But the court is expressly barred from considering “the truth of the charges.”

      Once passed, the recall campaign has to get a certain number of signatures on a petition (in this case I believe it's around a quarter of the total number of voters in her last election--an extremely low bar for the recall campaign). Then it will move to a formal recall vote. At no point in the process do they give her the chance to defend herself against the charges and Amazon/chuds/democratic neolibs get a free second chance at the election.