Recall Update

The recall of ex-councilman Lance MacLean is history, and time is limited for him to request a recount. Does anyone think the Registrar of Voters didn’t carefully count votes in this election?

Per Election Code Section 15620, MacLean has five days from February 3, 2010, the date of certification, to decide whether to request a full recount. If there is a recount, MacLean will be responsible for all costs and will be required to deposit an amount determined by the Registrar of Voters that will cover the costs for that day's counting. All interested parties can attend the recount, which must be done in public.

New information about MacLean is emerging. In the face of another police report about violence, MacLean’s apologists will get to choose whether or not to continue clamoring about a “groundless recall.” MacLeanites have already embarrassed themselves by challenging the veracity of a UCI police report and other evidence of his violence.

The deputies union throwing more than $100,000 into opposing MacLean’s recall is a stunning display of hypocrisy with law enforcement’s protecting an elected official with a history of violence.