Today the organizers of the campaign to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell went to court for a hearing on their case against the registrar of voters.
Recall organizers want the registrar's office and Louisiana Secretary of State compelled to remove dead voters and strike others as inactive, to better their odds of landing enough verified signatures.
The case recessed without a decision. Orleans Civil District Court Judge Jennifer Medley scheduled the hearing to resume at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
The law requires 20 percent of active voters to sign the petition, so reducing the number of active voters by tens of thousands could reduce the number of signatures they need by thousands.
The Orleans Registrar of Voters office has until March 22 to verify the signatures. If the number of verified signatures is at least 20 percent of active voters in New Orleans, it will be up to Governor John Bel Edwards to call a recall election, at which time New Orleans voters will vote yes or no on removing Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
