Recall of young Bergen school board member tossed

A 20-year-old Park Ridge school board member who attends college in Nashville will avoid facing a recall election this year because organizers of the effort to remove him from office never had their petitions notarized.

That means Robert Fisher, who was elected two years ago at age 18, might not face voters again until next year, if he decides to seek re-election.

“I am delighted that the Clerk’s Office followed the law and rejected this ridiculous attempt to subvert the will of Park Ridge’s voters,” Fisher said. “Now I can get back to doing the will of the people with this distraction out of the way.”

Organizers of the recall effort collected 2,141 signatures – more than the 1,864 needed to put the measure on the ballot. But they neglected to have the petitions notarized, which is required under state election law.



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