VICTOR — Organizers turned in more than 300 signatures Tuesday for the Frohlich recall, the Teton County Clerk's office said, above the roughly 230 needed to force a recall election.
The clerk's office has 15 business days to verify each signature against Victor's voter rolls. If the count holds, the Frohlich recall moves into a tight statutory sequence that ends with a council-appointed mayor and a few other choices for the city. If Frohlich ends up on a recall ballot, a simple majority of votes cast will decide whether he retains office.
The clerk's office has the petition. Under Idaho law, it has 15 business days from receipt to verify each signature against Victor's voter rolls and attach a certificate to the sheets. The threshold is 20% of the voters registered for Victor's last general city election. Teton County Clerk Kim Keeley put that electorate at 1,151 when the petition was filed in March, which puts the bar at roughly 230 signatures. Petition organizers submit a cushion to account for signers who turn out to be unregistered, registered outside Victor city limits, or signing more than once. Whether Tuesday's count holds will depend on verification.
