r/Louisiana • u/RantRanger • 22h ago

LA - Government Louisiana governor faces recall petition after canceling elections

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2026/05/05/louisiana-governor-jeff-landry-faces-recall-petition-after-canceling-house-elections/89950032007/
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u/shmiona 22h ago

https://louisianadeservesbetter.com/events-calendar/

They update the spots where you can sign daily

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u/KetoCatsKarma 19h ago

Any idea how many signatures we are up to now? I tried to find that info on the site, its either not there or I overlooked it.

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u/bioluminSntardigrade 15h ago

They won’t release any numbers unless/until the 500k signatories needed are achieved, for various reasons, including: if it’s close, people may not sign who planned to, then the effort falls flat.

EVERYONE who intends to sign ought to, and sooner than later. We all know that there will be attempts to invalidate some signatures, and that’s why you also don’t stop until Halloween (180 days from May 4 filing), even if 500k gets surpassed.

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u/shmiona 19h ago

Haven’t seen anything but haven’t really looked either

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u/Big__If_True Lincoln Parish 16h ago

I thought I saw something about places in Monroe to sign, but I don’t see any on the calendar

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u/agentnoorange337 2h ago

2920 Louberta St . This Friday 5-8 pm

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u/RantRanger 22h ago edited 11h ago

A statewide recall petition requires the petitioners and their supporters to secure signatures from 20% of active registered voters to trigger a recall election.

That amounts to about 500,000 signatures from Louisiana's 2.5 million active registered voters.

They have a deadline of 180 days to secure the required number of signatures.

If you're looking for a way to get involved in preserving our democracy, this would be an excellent way to have a substantive positive impact.

Volunteer to help collect signatures. Turn your outrage into action. Get some sunshine. Meet cool people. You'll feel better about this mess if you're actually doing something to fix it. And you'll help make the state a better place to live.

There is an enormous need for people to help out with gathering signatures.

Online Recall Petition:

A People’s Recall Campaign: Louisiana Deserves Better.

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u/Silent-Resort-3076 17h ago

Wonderful news and I hope it's a success! For ALL non-Republicans, and I also hope this for Calvin Duncan!! 💙🇺🇲

https://www.reddit.com/r/Louisiana/comments/1swml54/louisiana_gop_passes_bill_eliminating_calvin/

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u/RantRanger 16h ago

Duncan’s experiences are precisely why he ran for clerk of criminal court. He consistently struggled to obtain documents from the office that could have proven his innocence while he was in prison. He wanted to make court documents more accessible so that the wrongfully accused had a better chance of proving their innocence.

So it should come as no shock that Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and state Republicans weren’t going to let that happen. Landry was an ardent supporter of the bill and has pledged to sign before Duncan can take office.

More dirty politics by Landry and the Republicans that only continues to cement their track record as anti-democratic, anti-people, anti-justice.

This is only "wonderful news" if you hate democracy and justice and instead advocate for tyranny.

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u/Silent-Resort-3076 16h ago

What?

I meant that this is wonderful news!

Louisiana governor faces recall petition after canceling elections

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u/RantRanger 16h ago edited 16h ago

Heh, Ok, you should make that clear in your post by editing in a disparaging comment about that Reddit thread ;)

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u/Silent-Resort-3076 16h ago edited 16h ago

Wonderful news and I hope it's a success! For ALL non-Republicans, and I also hope this for Calvin Duncan!! 💙🇺🇲

https://www.reddit.com/r/Louisiana/comments/1swml54/louisiana_gop_passes_bill_eliminating_calvin/

That was my original comment. I don't know how much clearer I could have gotten:)

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u/louisianacoonass 19h ago

Cancelling an election after the voting has already started is like cancelling a Super Bowl because a team’s starting quarterback has gotten hurt in the first series of the game.

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u/bioluminSntardigrade 15h ago

That sounds like the old proverb,

Treating illness after it has begun is like forging weapons after battle is engaged.

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u/Mission-Lack-92 20h ago

My problem is I find out about these signing locations literally the day of. And sorry, but with two small kids I can’t just drop what I’m doing, even though I hate fucker Landry.

Is there somewhere these places are announced ahead of time? It all feels disorganized, which makes me worry it won’t succeed.

EDIT: https://louisianadeservesbetter.com/events-calendar/

Thanks.

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u/Bright_Shake2638 18h ago

It’s actually super organized. Glad to see you’ve found the link

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u/LarxII 22h ago

Looking for a Livingston Parish signing and having trouble. Anyone got the dl on that?

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u/RantRanger 22h ago edited 22h ago

Here is a doc about how to volunteer to help the recall effort ("Volunteer" and "Get Involved" links). The form itself is for asking general questions about the recall effort:

https://louisianadeservesbetter.com/contact/

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u/PalpitationOk9802 Vermilion Parish 22h ago

get in touch with a neighboring parish and see if they have a livingston parish sheet. i’m in vermilion but was able to sign in lafayette.

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u/LarxII 21h ago

I though it would need to be signed in the Parish you reside in?

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u/PalpitationOk9802 Vermilion Parish 21h ago

same, but since there isn’t a table in VP, the kind folks in Lafayette made a separate sheet with just VP they’ll turn in to the VP registrar.

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u/Sir_Badtard 15h ago

Hammond has one every Wednesday downtown. Not sure how deep in Livingston you are if denham or somewhere would be closer.

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u/Halloqween 17h ago

Anyone know how many signatures they have, or a rough estimate?

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u/greywolf378 5h ago

im 100% with you guys in this, but genuine question, will this have any meaningful consequence? it seems these days those in power can just choose to ignore what they’d like and get off scott free. i trust this, but im unsure of the outcome.

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u/No_Passage6082 1h ago

Why would he comply with the outcome of the recall if it went against him?

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u/RantRanger 27m ago

I mean, if he wanted to go down the Trumpian lawbreaker path, he could just be arrested for trespassing... dragged out of the executive mansion clutching a set of drapes or something.