Expect to see more canvassers in the effort to recall Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant: her solidarity team, which is fighting the recall, announced Friday that they will begin collecting signatures to force the issue onto the November ballot and avoid a special election, which could see lower turnout.
“The [recall] wants a winter special election because they don’t want ordinary working people to vote, they know that Black people, working class people and young people typically vote in dramatically lower numbers in special elections,” Sawant said in a press conference Friday. “They’re afraid of a democratic election and they want their wealthy base, the corporate elite of District 3
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