A petition to recall Surrey-Green Timbers MLA Rachna Singh has been approved by Elections BC.
The petition was filed by Gurdeep Jassal of Surrey, according to an Elections BC news release, issued Friday (Nov. 24).
According to the release, the petition to recall Singh, who is B.C.含羞草研究社檚 education minister, will be issued on Nov. 30, and Jassal has until Jan. 29, 2024 to collect signatures from more than 40 per cent of eligible voters registered in the riding.
Amrit Birring has posted several videos on social media talking about the recall petition.
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The group has also called on Singh multiple times to resign.
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Birring is said to have attempted to contact Singh numerous times to express his concerns but says there has been no response.
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Volunteers are permitted to help Jassal when gathering signatures, but there are strict rules that canvassers must follow when collecting signatures. To be eligible to sign, the individual must be registered to vote and have been registered to vote in the Surrey-Green Timbers riding on the final voting day on which Singh was elected.
The Chief Electoral Officer at Elections BC has approved 29 recall petitions since 1995, all of which failed to meet one or more of the requirements.
This is the first time a petition to recall a Surrey MLA has been approved since the Recall and Initiative Act came into effect in 1995.
The Now-Leader has reached out to Singh for comment.
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She has not personally replied to requests for comment.
