PRESS! PRESS! PRESS! PRESS! PRESS! PRESS! PRESS! February 12, 2005 CONTACT INFO: HANK RAMEY, Major Organizer Recall Arnold Movement Owner, Grassroots-CA-OH-FL 21845 Grand Terrace Rd., #23 Grand Terrace, CA., 92313 TEL.: (909) 872-1826 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.angelfire.com/biz/hankramey/page4.htm recallarnold.blogspot.com Dot, Moderator Grassroots-CA-OH-FL [EMAIL PROTECTED] GRAND TERRACE, Calif.-California liberal progressive activist and several Ohioans are organizing an initiative drive to put the Ohio Recall Initiative on the Ohio Ballot, and at least two other initiatives in Ohio. The Ohio Recall Initiative will be based on the California procedures for the recall. The initiative would apply to the Offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, Justices of the State Supreme Court and District Court of Appeal, all trial judges, and all General Assemblymen The recall of any of these Offices will not happen, unless Ohio voters ratify the Recall Initiative. Under the proposed Recall Initiative, voters would have up to 160 days to file the Recall Petitions. This is different under Ohio law. There is no deadline for voters to submit Petitions to amend the State Constitution or to request both Houses of the General Assembly to adopt laws. As to the General Assembly, if the General Assembly fails to adopt the latter to adopt the proposed statutes or if the voters wish that they vote on laws introduced and adopted by the General Assembly, the voters have 90 days to submit Petitions to put these laws on the ballot. Under the proposed Recall Initiative, voters would need to get 12% of the registered voters who voted at the previous election for the Statewide Office sought to be recalled. There would be no requirement that voters obtain signatures from at least 44 Counties as they do with other voter petitions. As for Appellate and Trial Judges, and General Assemblymen, voters need to obtain 20% of the registered voters who voted at the previous election for those offices The recall election would be scheduled within 60 to 80 days after the certification of voters� signatures. However, if there is an election scheduled within six months in at least half the State or in the case of Appellate and Trial Judges, and General Assemblymen, half the District, the election would be scheduled at that time. Ramey and his group, Grassroots-CA-OH-FL, would first need to get 100 signatures of registered voters to submit the proposed Recall Initiative and a Summary to Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro. Petro would then submit the Recall Initiative to Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, and then voters would circulate the Recall Initiative. Ohio voters would have to get 10% of the registered voters who voted for Governor in the 2002 election, and must also obtain signatures from at least 44 Counties. As for the per-County requirement Ramey said, �according to the Federal Ninth Circuit, they threw out the per-County requirements for initiatives and referenda.� As soon as signatures are verified by Blackwell�s Office and the various County Board of Elections, it would be on the Ohio Ballot. �We are hoping for a November 2005 date�, Ramey said. ADDENDUM OHIO CONSTITUTION ARTICLE II, SECTION 1h Recall is the power of the electors to remove an elective officer. OHIO CONSTITUTION ARTICLE II, SECTION 1i (a) Recall of a state officer is initiated by delivering to the Secretary of State a petition alleging reason for recall. Sufficiency of reason is not reviewable. Proponents have 160 days to file signed petitions. (b) A petition to recall a statewide officer must be signed by electors equal in number to 12 percent of the last vote for the office. Signatures to recall Senators, members of the House of Representatives, and judges of courts of appeal and trial courts must equal in number 20 percent of the last vote for the office. (c) The Secretary of State shall maintain a continuous count of the signatures certified to that office. OHIO CONSTITUTION ARTICLE II, SECTION 1j (a) An election to determine whether to recall an officer and, if appropriate, to elect a successor shall be called by the Governor and held not less than 60 days nor more than 80 days from the date of certification of sufficient signatures. (b) A recall election may be conducted within 180 days from the date of certification of sufficient signatures in order that the election may be consolidated with the next regularly scheduled election occurring wholly or partially within the same jurisdiction in which the recall election is held, if the number of voters eligible to vote at that next regularly scheduled election equal at least 50 percent of all the voters eligible to vote at the recall election. (c) If the majority vote on the question is to recall, the officer is removed and, if there is a candidate, the candidate who receives a plurality is the successor. The officer may not be a candidate. OHIO CONSTITUTION ARTICLE II, SECTION 1k The General Assembly shall provide for circulation, filing, and certification of petitions, nomination of candidates, and the recall election. OHIO CONSTITUTION ARTICLE II, SECTION 1l If recall of the Governor or the Secretary of State is initiated, the recall duties of that office shall be performed by the Lieutenant Governor or Auditor of State, respectively. OHIO CONSTITUTION ARTICLE II, SECTION 1m A state officer who is not recalled shall be reimbursed by the State for the officer's recall election expenses legally and personally incurred. Another recall may not be initiated against the officer until six months after the election. OHIO CONSTITUTION ARTICLE II, SECTION 1n The General Assembly shall provide for recall of local officers. This section does not affect counties and cities whose charters provide for recall. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give the gift of life to a sick child. 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