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Fri May 13, 2016, 10:21 AM May 2016

Recall petition filed against Harney County Judge Steve Grasty (OR)

By Jim Ryan | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on May 12, 2016 at 10:45 PM
updated May 12, 2016 at 10:47 PM

... Petitioners say they gathered 566 signatures ... The valid signatures of 444 active registered Harney County voters are needed to force a recall election or compel his resignation from the non-judicial position that essentially makes him chairman of the county commission.

If the petition is validated, Grasty will have to resign or submit a "statement of justification" that would be printed on the ballot. If Grasty chooses the latter, a recall election would be held within 35 days of the end of the resignation period.

But Grasty says he has no plans to step down.

"People elected me to a six-year term, and that's what I'll do unless they decide it should become less," he said late Thursday ...


http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/05/recall_petition_filed_against.html

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