WAFB Channel 9, Baton Rouge, LA |Recall petition filed against Speaker of House & 3 Others

Recall petition filed against Speaker of House & 3 Others

By Greg Meriwether

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A recall petition was filed Wednesday, targeting Louisiana Speaker of the House Jim Tucker. 

Tucker is the fourth Republican state legislator to become the target of a recall effort in recent days.

All four of the targeted lawmakers were among those who voted in favor of the legislative pay raises.

The other legislators include State Representative Franklin Foil of Baton Rouge, Steve Pugh of Ponchatoula, and Joseph Lopinto of Metairie.

Filing a recall petition is one of the first steps necessary in notifying the Louisiana Secretary of State that a person or group intends to seek the number of signatures from voters that is required to force a recall election, said Secretary of State spokesman Jacques Berry.

A minimum of one-third of voters in each district must sign the petition, and those signatures must be verified, before a recall election can be called.

In the case of Tucker, of Terrytown, about 8,000 signatures would be required.

Both Foil and Pugh would require about 10,000 signatures.

Lopinto's district would require about 7,800 signatures.