Rainier Schools Watch: Recall Effort Fails
This just in from the Longview, WA Daily News:
All six Rainier School Board members will retain their seats, according to Tuesday night election results.
With only 43 ballots remaining to be counted, none of the six board members received enough yes votes to be recalled, according to figures from the Columbia County Elections Department. A simple majority of 50 percent plus one was required to recall a board member.
The final few ballots were still being counted as of 9 p.m., but there weren’t enough remaining ballots to change any of the results. Two board members, though, did come close to being recalled. Chairman Dale Archibald and Rod Harding both received 47 percent “yes” votes for the recall, the closest of any of the board members on the ballot.
(bold emphasis mine)
Rats, I say.
There is a silver lining — elections will be held next year, so the current board has one year to run the district. Maybe this election put the fear of God into some of them, especially Archibald (whom I felt needed to go) and Harding who were nearly recalled.
I would like to see the official figures and numbers crunched by the Columbia County clerk and will withhold further comment until I do.
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