Raton recall petitions fail

Raton City Commissioners

The petitions seeking a recall election for each of Raton’s four sitting city commissioners do not have enough valid signatures to force an election, City Clerk Nancy McGlothin told The Raton Range.

McGlothin’s review resulted in disqualifying, or purging, from 68 to 76 signatures from each of the four petitions, leaving each petition short of the 194 signatures needed to force a recall election, The Range said.

A list of purged signatures was posted Monday at city hall, and anyone who signature was purged has 10 days to provide evidence to the city clerk as to why the signature should be restored to the petition, the paper reported.

If the city clerk does not reinstate the signature, the person may petition state District Court to have his or her signature reinstated, according to The Range.

Raton recall petitions fail