Election Officials Approve Recall Petition Applications for School Board Members Deedie Sorensen and Emil Mackey

One April 3, 2024, the Municipal Clerk’s Office received a finalized Affidavit and Application from a Petitioner’s Committee for the Recall of School Board President Deedie Sorensen and Vice President Emily Mackey. In consultation with the CBJ Law Department, the Municipal Clerk has approved, in part, both applications based on one of the grounds listed in the application.

Petition Booklets are schedule to be issued to the Petitioner’s Committee on Wednesday, April 10 and the committee will have 60 days in which to obtain the signatures of, at minimum 2,359, qualified Juneau voters on each petition in order for each petition to become certified.

Depending on the timing of the petition submission and certification, these recall questions may require the calling of a Special Election or it may be placed on the next regular Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. AS 29.26.310-320 sets out the process by which a Special Election is called and the parameters under which the timing is determined.

Copies of the relevant petition documents can be found on the CBJ Elections Webpage at https://juneau.org/clerk/elections.