Author: Abbey Smith
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Six school board recall efforts have petition filing deadlines this month
Six school board recall efforts must submit their petition signatures in August 2021 to move their efforts forward. The efforts are seeking to recall school board members in Arizona, California, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. The effort in Arizona is against two of the five members of the Vail Unified School District Governing Board. The recall…
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Voters approve Washington sheriff recall election
A recall election seeking to remove Jerry Hatcher from his position as Benton County Sheriff in Washington was held on Aug. 3. A majority of voters cast yes ballots, approving the recall. Hatcher will be removed from office once results from the election are finalized. The recall effort began in July 2020 and was led…
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22 states allow for the recall of school board members
Of the 39 states that allow for the recall of elected officials at some level of government, 22 specifically allow for the recall of school board members. School board recalls are the process of removing school board members from office via a public effort before their term is completed. Six of the states that allow…
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Washington sheriff recall to be held Aug. 3
A recall election seeking to remove Jerry Hatcher from his position as Benton County Sheriff in Washington is being held on Aug. 3. Recall supporters had to collect 13,937 signatures in six months to put the recall on the ballot. The recall effort began in July 2020 and was led by the Benton County Sheriff’s…
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71 candidates file for 13 municipal offices in New Orleans
The filing deadline to run for office in New Orleans passed on July 16. The city is holding general elections for mayor, sheriff, assessor, coroner, civil district court clerk, criminal district court clerk, and seven city council seats on Nov. 13. A primary is scheduled for Oct. 9. A total of 71 candidates filed to…
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Wisconsin county supervisor loses recall election
A recall election seeking to remove Thomas Schaefer from his position as the District 10 representative on the Dodge County Board of Supervisors in Wisconsin was held on July 13. Schaefer was defeated by Daniel Siegmann, who had filed the petition against him. Siegmann received 538 votes (77.2%) to Schaefer’s 159, according to unofficial results.…
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New Mexico Supreme Court allows recall effort against Otero County commissioner to move forward
New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Vigil on June 28 affirmed a lower court’s ruling to allow an effort to recall Couy Griffin (R) from his position as the District 2 representative on the Otero County Commission to move forward. Once the recall petitions are signed by the lower court justice who initially approved…
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Recall election for metropolitan district board in Colorado to be held June 29
A recall election seeking to remove three members of the Buckhorn Valley Metropolitan District No. 2 board in Colorado is being held on June 29. Members John V. Hill, Anna Maria Ray, and David Garton Jr. are on the ballot. When listing their reasons, recall supporters said that the district was in payment default for…
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Ballotpedia’s mid-year recall report shows school board recalls on the rise
In the first half of 2021, Ballotpedia tracked 164 recall efforts against 262 officials. This was the most recall efforts for this point in the year since the first half of 2016, when we tracked 189 recall efforts against 265 officials. In comparison, we tracked between 72 and 155 efforts by the midpoints of 2017,…
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Voters reelect mayor and 5 of 7 city council members in Jackson, Miss.
The city of Jackson, Miss., held a general election for mayor and all seven seats on the city council on June 8. A primary was held on April 6, and a primary runoff was held on April 27. The filing deadline for this election was Feb. 6. Democratic Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba won re-election with…