The hearing will determine whether McKnight’s charges are sufficient for a recall process. If the court deems that they are, McKnight will have 180 days to come up with enough signatures to put a recall on the ballot. That time limit begins 16 days after the Superior Court determines that the criteria for a recall are met.
The petitioner must gather enough signatures of legal voters to equal 25 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for the office “to which the officer whose recall is demanded was elected at the preceding election,” according to state law.
