City of Calgary hiring staff to handle recall petition

The City of Calgary is hiring workers to help process the paperwork associated with an open recall petition targeting Mayor Jyoti Gondek. At the end of January, Calgary business owner Landon Johnston launched the recall petition with the hope of forcing the mayor out of office. To do that, he needs to collect more than 514,000 signatures by April 4. All of those needed to be collected by hand and verified by city staff, so the City of Calgary is looking to hire 10 election clerks to help with th