Organizers attempting to oust Mayor Ron Littlefield say they have enough signatures to start his recall.
If a required 9,000 or more recall signatures are verified as registered Chattanooga voters by the Hamilton County Election Commission, a special mayoral election will coincide with the Nov. 2 general election.
Littlefield would have the option of staying in office until the election, though he could resign if the recall is verified, said Charlotte Mullis-Morgan, Hamilton County’s administrator of elections. She said that any recalled official has the option of running in special recall elections.
Chattanooga Organized for Action announced that more than 3,000 signatures will be turned in today to add to an estimated 6,700 already filed with the Hamilton County Election Commission.
Mullis-Morgan said unless a large amount of extra signatures, which are due by Aug. 30, are turned in that the recall totals would be confirmed by the middle of next week.