Petition signature rejection rate now 24 percent

Kootenai County Clerk Cliff Hayes announced his office has completed verifying and checking roughly 98 percent of the Coeur d'Alene recall petitions and the "cumulative rejection rate" is now running at 24 percent for the three council members and the mayor.

“We will finish the verifications on Monday and forward them to the city of Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday,” Hayes said.