| Elvin Penner Recall Effort Still Alive |
| Thu, July 31, 2014 |
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We haven't heard much about the failed election petition against Elvin Penner for the past few months, but it is still very much under challenge in the courts.
The case came up for pre-trial management today and the upshot is that PUP standard bearer for Cayo Northeast Orlando Habet and two of his constituents are headed to the Supreme Court in November to convince Supreme Court Justice Courtney Abel to overturn the decision of Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai. Tamai's office rejected 337 of the 2,002 signatures collected for the Penner recall causing the petition to fall short of the threshold for recall by 79.
Today after the pre-trial review Senior Counsel Lisa Shoman, told the media that they have received most of the disclosure they need for trial.
Hon. Lisa Shoman
"The Chief Elections Officer actually as I say provided much of the disclosure that we wanted. There are some matters that we still want and those we will get by the end of August. After we have that disclosure, if there is need for additional affidavits those have to be in by the end of September. The Chief Elections Officer has not yet filed an affidavit but they have until the end of September to do so."
Acting Solicitor General Nigel Hawke appeared for the Chief Elections Officer and the Attorney General. The trial had originally been scheduled for earlier this month but was rescheduled.
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