District Attorney Recall Effort Rejected
Registrar of Voters said recall group needs to start again
A citizen-led effort to recall Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster will have to start over after the county registrar of voters rejected its paperwork.
“The published Notice of Intent to Recall had several errors and did not match what was served to Mr. Eyster,” Mendocino County Registrar of Voters, Assessor, Clerk and Recorder Katrina Bartolomie said in an email to Mendo Local News.
Helen Sizemore, the recall’s lead organizer, did not respond to requests for comment.
If the group resubmits its paperwork and it is accepted, organizers will have 160 calendar days to collect 8,200 valid signatures to qualify the recall for the ballot.
Bartolomie said the cost of a countywide election could be as high as $300,000 to $350,000 — more than twice the amount the group alleges was misspent prosecuting elected Auditor-Controller Chamise Cubbison and defending the county against her ongoing civil suit.
A Change.org petition calling for Eyster’s recall, posted at least seven months ago, has received fewer than 350 signatures, suggesting the effort may not have broad voter support.
The errors found by the Registrar’s office are highlighted in the images below.
