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Dear Mr. Barfield:

You have requested that this Office advise you as to whether the recall petition directed toward Robert Elzy, Councilman, District D, City of Ponchatoula, Parish of Tangipahoa and supporting documents meet the statutory requirements for a recall petition as set forth in La.R.S. 18:1300.1 et seq.

First, La.R.S. 18:1300.2(B) states:

All signatures on recall petitions shall be handwritten. This petition shall be signed by a number of the electors of the voting area as will in number equal not less than thirty-three and one-third percent of the number of the total electors of the…