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Recall Attempt Failing: 24% DQs

The attempted recall of Coeur d'Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem and three City Council members apparently has failed. With 98 percent of the signatures on recall petitions verified, County Clerk Cliff Hayes announced this afternoon that 24 percent of the signatures had been disqualified. A 20 percent disqualification rate was needed for Bloem & and three council members (Deanna Goodlander, Woody McEvers and Mike Kennedy) to survive the recall attempt. This is Hayes' press release: "This afternoon Kootenai County Clerk Cliff Hayes announced further progress on signature verifications for the Coeur d’Alene Recall petitions.  “We’ve completed verification and checking on approximately 98% of the petitions.  The cumulative reject rate is now running approximately 24% for the three Council members and for the Mayor,” Hayes said. “We will finish the verifications on Monday and forward them to the City of Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday,” Hayes concluded. 4311 valid signatures are needed to trigger a recall election against the four targeted elected officials. At 24 percent, the final total would be as follows:

  • Mayor Sandi Bloem (with 5384 signatures against her): 4092
  • Councilman Mike Kennedy (with 5327 signatures against him): 4049
  • Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander (with 5314 against her): 4039
  • Councilman Woody McEvers (with 5267 signatures against him): 4003

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D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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