Katrina Landry

In an exclusive, The Louisiana Weekly has learned that www.recallgovernorblanco.com has received over 400,000 hits in the 48 hours since its founder Kat Landry filed the recall documents with the Secretary of State's office on January 10.

Landry needs over 949,000 signatures or roughly one-third of Louisiana's registered electorate to bring out a recall election against Governor Blanco.The St. Martinville resident began organizing the effort in the weeks after Katrina when she said she saw "a criminal lack of leadership by the Governor."

"Louisiana cannot survive another two years of Kathleen Blanco," Landry told The Weekly on last week.
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The petition also requires the signee to put his ward and precinct number, a legal requirement beyond the knowledge of even most chronic voters, though Landry revealed that eminent modifications to the website will help provide that information.

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Landry has proceeded to garner signatures for the recall undaunted.She plans this week to add voluntary requests for emails to her effort.She hopes that the recall, whether successful in its aims or not, will precipitate a reform movement of hundreds of thousands in the state.