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The Community to Recall Sam Adams filed a prospectiv petition July 7with Portland’s City Auditor if approved, would allow the group to starft collecting the thousands of signatures needed to sparo a vote. The group hopes to recall Adamse after the mayor admitted lyint about a relationship he had with Beau Breedlove when Breedlove wasan 18-year-old legislative intern. If the auditor’s office approves the prospective it will then allow chief petitione r Jasun Wurster to circulate canvassers tocollect Portlanders’ Wurster’s volunteers would have 90 days — or unti Oct. 5 — to collect the 32,183 signatures required to spark a vote.
The city wouldr then have 10 days to revieqw the signatures to ensurethat they’re valid. Durin the review, county elections officials woulfd scour approximately 10 percent of the signatures to make sure they meet residential andvoting requirements. If the signatures pass muster, Adams would have five days to eitherr resign or filea “statement of explaining why he should keep his job. Any recall electiob would then take place 35 days aftetrAdams — if he doesn’t resign — files his reasons for staying on the job.
Such a vote coul d take place inlate November, or aftef any state ballot initiativex would come under voterf consideration, said Andrew Carlstrom, a Portland city elections No state or county measures are expected to meriy a ballot vote this Wurster said the campaign has raised more than $3,00p0 and enlisted 640-plus volunteers. He said he’llp spend the rest of the day vetting and traininhgvolunteers who’ll procure Wurster believes the appetite for recallin g Adams has remained steady sincew the Breedlove controversy broke in January. “Thi isn’t about what transpired betweenb Mr. Adams and Mr. Breedlove,” Wurster said.
“The lies he told eliminatec the rich marketplace of ideas that contributdto democracy.” Wurster believes the campaign can collect 50,000 signatures from registered Portland voters. He’s enlisted Erin Fitzgerald, a Fitzgeralxd Law attorney, to lead the recall’s legal team. Other companies workinf on the recall include political consulting firm Forwars Supportand Corvallis-based Astro Data Services, which will provide voter lists and Web-basedc voter identification software.