The funniest part of that law is, you only need 8 resident of west virginia to file the petition for the recall. Imagine 8 people going to secretary of the state and handed a petition. That is all it takes to recall Joe Manchin.
here is their law:
§3-12-3. Application for recall petition.
An application for a recall petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State and must include:
(1) The signatures and residential addresses of at least eight people who reside in the state;
(2) A contact person and an alternate for all correspondence must be among the eight original signatures; and
(3) A statement in three hundred words or less of the precise grounds for recall from section two.
I find amazing to read that particular rule. Because that is hot news of the early 2022. Only 8 resident imagine......§3-12-4. Recall petition.
(a) If the Secretary of State determines that the application for recall meets all the requirements of section three he or she shall prepare a recall petition. The petition shall contain:
(1) The name of the official to be recalled;
(2) The three hundred word statement of the grounds for recall as set out in the application;
(3) The date the petition is issued by the Secretary of State;
(4) Notice that signatures must be secured within one hundred days after the date the petition is issued;
(5) Space for each signature, the printed name of each signer, the date of each signature and the residence and mailing address of each signer;
(6) A statement with space for the contact person's sworn signature and date of signing, that the contact person personally circulated the petition, that all signatures were affixed in the presence of the contact person or a member of the eight person recall group, and that the contact person or his or her representative believes the signatures to be those of the persons whose names the purport to be; and
(7) Space for indicating the number of signatures on the petition
(b) The one hundred days allowed to retrieve signatures starts on the day the petition is received from the Secretary of State.
(c) A petition must be filed one hundred eighty days before the end of the term of office of the official to be recalled.
which is a good thing for Dems cause they might othawise be possibly looking at majority leader Mitch McTurtle 