Overview
- Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia certified 1,642,010 registered voters, setting a 4% signature threshold of nearly 66,000.
- The Clerk formally notified the sponsor that petition circulation is authorized through a May 14 deadline.
- The effort is associated with former mayoral opponent and media personality Alexander Otaola, according to coverage.
- Mayor Daniella Levine Cava condemned the push as frivolous and politically motivated, and senior adviser Christian Ulvert called it a publicity stunt.
- If the required signatures are validated by elections officials, the process would advance toward a stand-alone recall election.