CANYON CITY — The Grant County Court on Jan. 3 unanimously approved a motion to allow retiring County Clerk Brenda Percy to continue to be paid on a part-time basis
JOHN DAY Citizens of John Day may have noticed recall ballots popping up in the mail recently as the Tuesday, Jan. 16 decision as to whether John Day Mayor Heather Rookstool gets to continue in her post or not nears.
Grant County Clerk Brenda Percy said ballots for the recall election went out on Dec. 27. Anybody who hasn’t yet received a ballot by the end of the week is urged call the clerk’s office so they can receive one prior to Election Day.
Ballots are to be dropped off at the Grant County Courthouse which maintains a 24 hour drop-off box outside as well as a ballot drop box inside during normal courthouse hours. Those who don’t want to make the trip to the Grant County Courthouse can simply mail their ballots.
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JOHN DAY — The effort by the Committee to Recall Mayor Heather Rookstool received news from Grant County Clerk Brenda Percy that the original threshold of 91 votes to initiate a recall election against John Day Mayor Heather Rookstool has been increased to a minimum of 126 signatures.
The news won’t affect the group’s efforts too much in the immediate future as they have already submitted 139 unverified signatures in support of the recall effort. What the group no longer has is a more than 40 signature buffer in the event large numbers of signatures can’t be verified by Percy.
Oren Wyss, who is spearheading the campaign to recall Rookstool said the group has made no new efforts go gather signatures and will rely on the signatures they’ve submitted for now. The Committee to Recall Mayor Heather Rookstool will have until Thursday, Feb. 15 to gather the required 126 signatures in the event they fail to meet the required threshold in this round of signature