Las Vegas Mayor faces recall effort as offers to reopen city as 'control group' amid COVID

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman is facing a recall effort after she offered to re-open the city as a 'control group' amid the Coronavirus pandemic. According to reports, professional poker player Doug Polk who is leading the effort had filed a notice of intent to circulate a recall petition with the city clerk’s office. 

Taking to Twitter, Polk stated that there was 90 days to submit the petition and that he has put together a complete launch plan. He further added that already around 100 people have requested recall kits to sign the petition. The cutoff date is set as August 4. 

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Goodman responds to Polk

The Mayor later took to Twitter and responded to Polk's recall effort. She stated that that is his choice. 

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The COVID-19 crisis 

The World Health Organization (WHO) had declared the Coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic on March 11. At present, there are around 3,932,672 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection across the globe and the disease has led to the death of around 271,029 people. In a ray of hope, around 1,349,420 people are also reported to have recovered. Leading the number of worldwide cases of novel coronavirus COVID-19 infection, the United States has become the new epicentre of the pandemic with 1,292,879 cases and 76,942 deaths till now. 

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