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  • Idaho county verifies school board recall petition signatures

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    Petition signatures to recall three of the five members of the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 board of trustees in Idaho were verified by the Bannock County Elections Office on December 10, 2020. Zone 1 representative Jackie Cranor, Zone 2 representative Janie Gebhardt, and Zone 5 representative Dave Mattson have until December 17 to step…

  • Second school board member in Idaho resigns following recall effort

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    Philip Neuhoff resigned from his position as the Zone 4 representative on the West Ada School District board of trustees in Idaho on December 8, 2020, saying that other areas of his life needed his attention. Neuhoff is the second member of the board to resign since a recall petition was approved for circulation against…

  • Colorado school board recall scheduled for February 2021

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    A recall election seeking to remove Lance McDaniel from his position as the District A representative on the Montezuma-Cortez School District Board of Education in Colorado is being held on February 16, 2021. The recall effort started in July 2020. Recall supporters said McDaniel had shown a “lack of leadership and has proven to be…

  • Recall petitions submitted against three school board members in Idaho

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    Petitions to recall three of the five members of the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 board of trustees in Idaho were submitted on November 30, 2020. The county has until December 21, 2020, to verify the signatures. The effort began on September 18 when recall supporters filed paperwork with the Bannock County Elections Office. Zone…

  • Challenge to Colorado school board recall petition denied in hearing

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    An effort to recall Lance McDaniel from his position as the District A representative on the Montezuma-Cortez School District Board of Education in Colorado was approved to move forward in a petition challenge hearing on November 23, 2020. If the decision is not appealed in district court and if McDaniel does not resign by November…

  • Recall petitions submitted against two Colorado school board members

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    Recall petitions seeking to remove Kurt Wassil and Stephanie Buker from their positions on the Elbert County School District C-2 school board in Colorado were submitted to the county for verification on November 13, 2020. The recall effort also initially included board member Stacy Morgan, but no petitions were submitted against her by the deadline.…

  • Washington Supreme Court approves sheriff recall petition for circulation

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    The Washington Supreme Court ruled on November 6, 2020, that a recall effort seeking to remove Jerry Hatcher from his position as Benton County Sheriff could begin circulating petitions. Walla Walla County Superior Court Judge Scott Wolfram initially approved the recall petition on August 20, but Hatcher filed an appeal against that decision with the…

  • Voters to decide recall of fire district board member in Arizona on Nov. 3

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    A recall election seeking to remove Bruce Speirs from his position as chair of the three-member Sherwood Forest Estates Fire District Board in Arizona is on the ballot on November 3, 2020. Walter Krushinsky filed to run against Speirs in the recall election. Recall supporters said that Speirs’ actions while on the board had “demoralized…

  • Voters to decide Idaho school board recall election Nov. 3

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    An effort to recall Aaron Proctor from his position as the Zone 3 representative of the Whitepine School District board of trustees in Idaho is on the ballot on November 3, 2020. The effort began after the board voted 3-1 on August 11, 2020, to require face coverings in classrooms and on buses whenever social…

  • County approves circulation of recall petition against two Idaho Falls school board members

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    A petition to recall two of the five members of the Idaho Falls School District 91 board of trustees in Idaho were approved for circulation on October 16, 2020, by the Bonneville County Clerk’s Office. The petition named board chairman and Zone 3 representative Lara Hill and Zone 5 representative Hillary Radcliffe. Zone 4 representative…