Assembly Republicans today released a letter sent to the state’s major polling institutions asking them to survey voters on whether they would support the creation of recall elections.

The lawmakers — Jim Tedisco, Steve McLaughlin, Bill Nojay and Kieran Michael Lalor — write there needs to be some determination on how voters feel about the proposal. The letter was sent to the research firms that do polling work for Siena, Marist and Quinnipiac.

“While there has been statewide polling data on using taxpayer dollars to fund campaigns, to our knowledgem the question has not been asked of New Yorkers whether they support or oppose recall legislation to give power to the people to remove elected officials,” the legislators write.

The lawmakers acknowledge they don’t necessarily have the resources to push a statewide poll of their own on the recall topic.

“Since we don’t have the wherewithal to do an independent statewide survey on this topic, we respectfull request that you add a question on tecall to your next statewide public opinion poll,” they write.

Assembly Republicans last month proposed a recall provision through a constitutional amendment, which was billed as a response in the string of corruption cases that have hit Albany in the last two months.

Obviously they are banking on the poll results to be in favor of a recall trigger for elected officials, arming them with another talking point in pushing the issue.

Recall Letter to Siena Marist Quinnipiac by Nick Reisman

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