Originally Posted by djplong

Just to play Devil's Advocate here...

Do these judges not have rights? Are they not voters like anyone else? Are they not entitled to sign a petition?

Now - if they knew that going in and signed the petition, well... That doesn't look good.

But I wonder if it might be a case of signing a petition

Mr. John Doe

....vs...

The Honorable John Doe, 1st Cictuit Court, Eqs.

The latter would CLEARLY look like someone was trying to put a little more weight behind THEIR signature as opposed to the rest of the 'commoners'.

So I took a look at the PDF and it seems to be trying to split hairs. Clearly, there are some prohibitions on conduct. According to statute, they cannot:



So.. I guess what it all boils down to is what the recall petition is considered. Is it a party's activity? A candidate? If it's started by John Q. Public, I don't think they have a leg to stand on. If it was something done exclusively by the Democratic Party - there might be some traction there.