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Attorneys began arguments Tuesday in a contested recall lawsuit to probe the city clerk’s certification process and challenge the authority of the city charter.

Jan 24, 2021 Where the city charter falls silent, state law must be followed — that’s the argument posed by an attorney challenging a recall petition on behalf of Ward 3 City Councilor Alison Petrone. After the city clerk certified a recall petition for Petrone in September, she filed a legal challenge in court alleging insufficient signature gathering practices and the failure of recall proponents to follow state law for petition procedures. State law vs. charter Assistant City Attorney Rick Knighton argued in his response on Tuesday that state law protects a city’s right to r...

Jan 19, 2021 In a brief filed in district court this week, City of Norman attorneys say several arguments in a lawsuit between a city councilor and the city clerk are unconstitutional. After the clerk certified a recall petition for Ward 3 Alison Petrone in September, Petrone filed a legal challenge in court alleging insufficient signature gathering practices and the failure of proponents to follow state law for petition procedures. Petrone’s attorneys accused Unite Norman of fraudulent signature gathering practices. The group formed in June 2020 to recall odd-numbered councilors and the...

Jan 12, 2021 Unite Norman will be heard in an ongoing recall petition lawsuit after a judge granted the group’s motion to intervene Tuesday morning in district court. The group, which formed to recall odd-numbered ward councilors last summer, has asked the court to hear its side of the story after Ward 3 Alison Petrone filed a lawsuit against the city clerk and alleged Unite Norman engaged in fraudulent signature gathering practices. In the lawsuit, she stated Unite Norman did not follow applicable state laws for recall petitions, The Transcript has previously reported. Petrone’s re...