Updated unofficial results from the recent special election in Palmer show that three members of the town’s city council are being recalled from their seats over accusations that they violated the Open Meetings Act.
when, in 2020, they participated in a Facebook group that was closed. Those initial petitions were rejected and one of the four members later lost reelection to the body. Additional petitions to recall Combs, Valerius and Daniels were subsequently filed and moved forward to the special election.
Friday’s updated results show Combs losing her seat by 499 votes in favor of her recall to 371 votes against it. Daniels had 498 votes in favor of recalling him compared to 373 votes against his recall, and Valerius had 493 votes in favor of recalling her compared to 373 votes against it. The ballots tallied from in-person voting on election day showed voters in favor of recalling each council member by a wider margin. The results that were added later, largely from early voting, were more evenly split but still favored the recall.The results showed higher than average voter turnout for Palmer, with just over 20% of registered voters casting a ballot in the special election.
To fill the seats left by recalled members, the remaining Palmer City Council members vote to appoint replacements who will serve until the next regular election. There is already one member of the council who was appointed to their seat, meaning the body would have a majority of members who were appointed rather than elected.
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