Citizen Outrage In Orange County Over Registrar's Rejection of CUSD Recall Petitions: VIDEO NEWS BLOG
In a "free" twelve minute Full Disclosure Network™ Video News Blog at URL:http://www.fulldisclosure.net/flash/VideoBlogs/VideoBlog24.php leaders of the Capistrano Unified School District Recall campaign describe how the Orange County Registrar’s office imposed arbitrary rules and representations that favored and protected the School Board Trustees. Also, the Recall sponsors have filed extensive reports with State and local prosecutors, calling for investigations of how the Registrar's office processed the petitions.
Orange County, CA (PRWEB) March 6, 2006 -- Leaders of a California citizens revolt in South Orange County are launching a new assault against what they claim is a corrupted recall process that unfairly invalidated thousands of signatures submitted in a campaign to recall all seven members of the Board of Trustees of the Capistrano Unified School District.
In a free twelve minute Video News Blog at URL: http://301url.com/RegistrarVideoBlog Recall leaders describe how the Orange County Registrar’s office imposed arbitrary rules and representations that favored and protected the Trustees while processing the petitions. CUSD Recall committee members appearing in the video blog are Tom Russell, spokesperson, Jennifer Beall, Kathy Goff and Constance Lee, Ph D. The video is available free “On Demand” 24/7 as a public service of the Full Disclosure Network™.
The CUSD Recall Committee has submitted Reports to the District Attorney, Attorney General and Secretary of State requestig investigations, including the Orange County Registrar’s handling of the recall petitions to the Secretary of State, Attorney General, Board of Supervisors, District Attorney and the County Grand Jury. They are also requesting the petitions be taken into protective custody to protect the voters rights, while the issue of a corrupted process is being investigated. Attached are copies of the Reports submitted to authorities by the Recall Committee.
1) Recall Inspection Report
2) Recall Committee Statement
3) Request for Investigation
Citizens from the communities of Aliso Viejo, Coto De Caza, Dana Point, Ladera Ranch, Laguna Niguel, Los Flores, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano comprising the school district, submitted more than 177,000 signatures on their petitions. The following actions of the Orange County Registrar’s office cited by the group as reasons for an investigation:
*Unauthorized extension for beginning the petition verification process.
*Lack of standard verification process for voter registration
*Failure to provide tally sheets and other means to verify accuracy of count
*Rescinding official representations given to, and relied upon by, petition circulators/disqualifying valid signatures
Full Disclosure made numerous attempts to inteview Neal Kelley, Acting Registrar for Orange County and others involved. The requests were referred to the Director of Communications who sent a reply Emai to our voice mail and Email messages saying they were declining all interviews and stood behind their certification process 100%.
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