Jackson man wants to recall Walberg from congressional seat

8/7/2007, 3:37 p.m. EDT

The Associated Press ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — A Jackson resident has gotten approval to begin a recall campaign against U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, but Walberg's campaign attorney says the Republican congressman may challenge the recall in court. James Carr has 90 days to collect at least 50,000 signatures to hold a special election against the freshman lawmaker, whose 7th District stretches from Adrian in Lenawee County west and north to Battle Creek.

And the reason for the action?:

Carr, 77, said his recall takes aim at Walberg's support of the Iraq war. "How can you fight a war and spend billions of dollars and not pay for it?" Carr said of the mounting war debt being passed on to future generations. "That's one thing my conservative father taught me: You pay your bills."

Sounds reasonable to me. If you agree and are in that area (I am not) I would encourage you to seek out Mr. Carr and see how you may be able to help to get signatures.

UPDATE:Since two commenters have said that this is unconstitutional, I will add one more quote from the article:

But state Elections Division director Chris Thomas said Tuesday that state law allows for such recalls. "Our law says you can, and no one has issued an opinion saying that you can't," he told The Associated Press. Thomas said he could not remember any previous recall efforts against a member of Congress being filed with his office.

I can't say whether or not it is constitutional. But the County Elections commission approved the petition, and the state Elections Division director did as well. For what it is worth.