Organizers of an effort to recall Providence City Councilor Kevin Jackson say they’re just two hundred votes shy of the threshold for a special election. Volunteers spent Election Day collecting the signatures.
Some 35 volunteers spread out across voting precincts in Providence’s third Ward, the area Jackson represents, talking with local voters. That includes the Mt. Hope, Summit and Blackstone Neighborhoods.
Jackson was arrested and indicted this summer on five counts of embezzlement from a nonprofit he founded.
Ward 3 resident Tricia Kammerer was one of the organizers collecting signatures.
Organizer Tricia Kammerer says they’ve now got 1800 of the 2000 signatures required.
“Folks were expressing that they were really embarrassed by this indictment, you know they think this brings dishonor to the office,” said Kammerer. “What we kept hearing was that people were really thankful that we were out there in force.”
The group has until March to deliver 2000 signatures to the Providence Board of Canvassers to spark a recall. Jackson has served on the City Council since 1995.
