CUSD Recall group requests investigation

Leaders of a California citizens revolt in south Orange County are launching an assault against what they claim is a corrupted recall process. They say thousands of signatures were unfairly invalidated in a campaign to recall all seven members of the Board of Trustees of the Capistrano Unified School District. Recall members are featured in a 12-minute video news blog available at http://www.fulldisclosure.net/flash/VideoBlogs/VideoBlog24.php “on demand” 24/7 at Full Disclosure Network.

The video describes how the Orange County Registrar of Voters’ office imposed arbitrary rules and regulations that favored and protected the trustees. Four members of the recall committee appear in the video: Spokesman Tom Russell, Jennifer Beall, Kathy Goff and Connie Lee.

The recall committee requested an investigation and submitted reports to the Secretary of State, Attorney General, Board of Supervisors, District Attorney and the Orange County Grand Jury. The committee is also requesting the petitions be taken into protective custody to protect the rights of voters.

The following actions have been cited as reasons for an investigation: unauthorized extension for beginning the petition verification process; lack of a standard verification process for voter registration; failure to provide tally sheets and other means to verify accuracy of the count; and rescinding official representations given to and relied upon by petition circulators, which resulted in disqualifying valid signatures.

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