A Louisiana voters advocacy group is claiming that Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters Sandra Wilson has not sufficiently protected the petition submitted last Wednesday to trigger a recall election of Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
The letter from the Louisiana Citizens Advocacy Group asks Wilson to take immediate steps to reassure the public that the matter was being handled in a manner that was non-partisan and above reproach.
The letter was dated Saturday, one day after recall organizer Belden Batiste posted a video on his social media page purporting to show boxes of the recall petition sitting unsecured on a counter and floor of Wilson’s City Hall office.
Wilson has not commented publicly on her office’s protocols for securing, certifying and counting the petition signatures. She has 20 working days to complete the count and determine whether the petition was signed by at least 20 percent of Orleans Parish’s eligible, registered and active voters. If so, the recall election will be triggered.
