re: Latoya recall has failed. Only had 27k signatures. edit: 40k signatures were rejected

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Why would a court order a private group to hand over “public” documents, clearly the intent of the statute relating to public records is that once submitted to the government office that processes them they become part of public record and the government is then obligated to disclose them.

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Have you actually read the statute? Because that is clearly not the intent:

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§1300.5. Chairman and vice chairman designated in petition; petition designated as a public record

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B. Upon the signature of the first elector, the recall petition, including the name, address, and signature of each elector who has signed thereon, shall be a public record. The chairman, or the vice chairman when acting as the chairman, shall be the custodian thereof. The petition and the custodian shall be subject to all of the provisions of R.S. 44:31 et seq.

C. Upon the filing of the petition pursuant to R.S. 18:1300.2(C)(2), the chairman, or the vice chairman when acting as chairman, shall no longer be the custodian thereof.

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The statute goes out of its way to clarify that the petition becomes public record as soon as the first signature is recorded, with the chairman of the recall committee as custodian subject to public records requirements.

Once it’s submitted the records request would go to the registrar, but the lawsuit was filed nearly 2 months prior to the submission date.