I was planning to go to Olympia, spend the night with my brother and then file my petition to recall Gregoire on the 12th, just after she is inaugurated.
I was planning to go to Olympia, spend the night with my brother and then file my petition to recall Gregoire on the 12th, just after she is inaugurated.
No offence but don’t waste your time. The Washington State Constitution Article 1 Section 33 reads:
SECTION 33 RECALL OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS. Every elective public officer of the state of Washington expect [except] judges of courts of record is subject to recall and discharge by the legal voters of the state, or of the political subdivision of the state, from which he was elected whenever a petition demanding his recall, reciting that such officer has committed some act or acts of malfeasance or misfeasance while in office, or who has violated his oath of office, stating the matters complained of, signed by the percentages of the qualified electors thereof, hereinafter provided, the percentage required to be computed from the total number of votes cast for all candidates for his said office to which he was elected at the preceding election, is filed with the officer with whom a petition for nomination, or certificate for nomination, to such office must be filed under the laws of this state, and the same officer shall call a special election as provided by the general election laws of this state, and the result determined as therein provided. [AMENDMENT 8, 1911 p 504 Section 1. Approved November, 1912.][Emphasis added]
The re-vote is the best hope; my major concern is that it appears that Gregoire will be inaugurated before a decision can be made. While a court could declare the election of a sitting governor to be invalid, I believe they will much less willing to do it then if a restraining order (on the inauguration) was in effect.