Supreme Court rules on petition to recall Thurston Co. Commissioner Emily Clouse
The Washington State Supreme Court dismissed a recall petition against Thurston County Commissioner Emily Clouse in an opinion released Thursday.
The court backed a lower court ruling that the charges against Clouse did not meet the legal standard for a recall.
“We conclude that none of the charges are both factually and legally sufficient,” Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis wrote in the majority opinion. “Therefore, we affirm the trial court’s decision to dismiss the petition.”
Arthur West, an Olympia resident and open government advocate, filed the recall petition in Thurston County on Dec. 12, 2024, as Clouse faced the fallout from a workplace investigation into her relationship with an executive aide that year. About a month later, a visiting Superior Court judge denied the recall petition, prompting West to appeal to the state Supreme Court. West’s recall effort against Clouse has now ended with this final dismissal.
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