LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The group leading the effort to recall the county’s sheriff said they are closing in on the number of signatures needed to put it to a vote of county residents.
The Committee To Recall Rivero and Restore Integrity said Thursday that it currently has more than 6,400 of the approximately 7,026 signatures needed to put a recall of Sheriff Frank Rivero on the November ballot.
Committee representative Chris Rivera, a retired sheriff’s sergeant, said the group is still gathering petitions requested by hundreds of volunteers over the last two months, so the signature count is expected to go up.
“While we are only required to submit 7026, our goal is to submit 9000 in order to allow for discrepancies such as duplicates and signatures of those that might not be registered yet,” Rivera said.
Rivera said the committee is asking anyone with petitions with any number of signatures to return them to us as soon as possible so they can meet their objective of making the deadline later this month to get Rivero’s recall on the November ballot.
“Each day that we wait costs the good citizens and tax payers of Lake County thousands of dollars in lawsuits, litigation and damage caused by the reckless acts of this sheriff,” the committee said in the Thursday statement.
The group said petitions can be mailed to 5120 Cole Creek Road, Kelseyville, CA 95451, or call them at 707-671-5569 and they will make arrangements to pick them up.
Anyone wishing to gather more signatures can still request a petition by calling or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .