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    Mokie Tew recall, Mat-Su Borough, Alaska (2022)

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    Mat-Su Borough Assembly recall
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    Officeholders
    Mokie Tew
    Recall status
    Did not go to a vote
    Signature requirement
    25% of registered District 5 voters
    See also
    Recall overview
    Political recall efforts, 2022
    Recalls in Alaska
    Alaska recall laws
    City council recalls
    Recall reports

    An effort to recall District 5 Assemblyman Mokie Tew did not move forward in Mat-Su Borough, Alaska, after the borough clerk did not approve the recall petition for circulation in February 2022.[1][2]

    Recall supporters[edit]

    Big Lake residents Terry Gorlick and Irene Crowley initiated the recall process. The recall petition alleged that Tew had engaged in misconduct by introducing a resolution that aimed to change the way that road service contracting worked in Big Lake. The petition alleged that this change would have "directly [benefitted] Tew and his family members despite the additional costs to Borough taxpayers."[1][2]

    The petition also said, "Tew committed removable misconduct by providing confidential information to friends regarding calcium chloride contracts (for road work) between March-August 202 [sic]."[2]

    Path to the ballot[edit]

    See also: Laws governing recall in Alaska

    Borough clerk Lonnie McKechnie rejected the petition, based on a legal opinion that held that the petition did not offer legally sufficient grounds for recall.[2]

    For a special recall election to be scheduled, organizers would have needed to collect signatures from 25% of registered voters in Mat-Su Borough Assembly District 5. Organizers would have had 60 days to collect signatures.[1]

    See also[edit]

    External links[edit]

    Footnotes[edit]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Disgruntled Big Lake residents seek recall of assemblyman Mokie Tew," February 17, 2022
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Mat-Su Borough clerk throws out petition to recall Assemblyman Mokie Tew," February 28, 2022
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