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  • Recall election roundup: Florida

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    Ballotpedia tracked one new recall effort against local officials in Florida from July 3-9, bringing the yearly statewide total to five efforts against four officials. The most recent effort is:  Michele Myers and Cynthia Burton recall, Crescent City, Florida (2022-2023): Mayor Michele Myers and City Commissioner Cynthia Burton.  Crescent City, City Commissioner Cynthia Burton Two recall attempts were…

  • Recall election roundup: Wisconsin

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    Ballotpedia tracked one new recall effort against local officials in Wisconsin from July 3-9, bringing the yearly statewide total to one effort against one official. The most recent effort is:  Adam Hahn recall, Columbia County, Wisconsin (2023): Columbia County District 10 Supervisor Adam Hahn.  According to Ballotpedia’s email communication with the Columbia County clerk, the…

  • Number of county commissioner recalls falls sharply in 2023

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    Ballotpedia has identified eight county commissioners (or equivalent county-level officeholders) targeted for recall across the country as of June 2023. This is a sharp decline from the 33 county commissioner (and equivalent) recall targets that had been tracked at this time in 2022. Recall attempts against county commissioners slowed significantly in the second half of…

  • School board recalls remain high compared to pre-2020 average

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    Ballotpedia had tracked 30 school board recall efforts as of June 15, 2023, which, at roughly halfway through the year, was higher than the average of 27 school board recall efforts that were tracked per year between 2009 and 2020.  In 2021, Ballotpedia tracked 92 school board recall efforts. That fell to 53 in 2022,…

  • More city officials facing recall in 2023 than in 2020-2022

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    The number of city officials who had been included in recall efforts as of June 15, 2023, was higher than at a similar point in 2020, 2021, and 2022. Eighteen city officials had drawn recall efforts compared to four in 2022 and one in 2021. Ballotpedia did not track any recall efforts targeting city officials…

  • New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell Challenges Lowered Signature Requirement in Recall Effort

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    New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D) filed two lawsuits on March 14, 2023, to challenge a consent judgment that was agreed upon by Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin (R) and the organizers of the recall effort against Cantrell. The consent judgment, announced by Ardoin on March 1, 2023, revises the number of registered voters…

  • 2022 sees second-highest level of recall activity since Ballotpedia began tracking

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    In 2022, Ballotpedia tracked 247 recall efforts against 414 officials. This is the second-highest number of recall efforts since Ballotpedia began tracking this statistic in 2014. Only 2021 had more recall activity—with 357 recall efforts against 545 officials. Michigan was the state with the most officials facing recall efforts for the second time since Ballotpedia…

  • Ballotpedia’s mid-year recall report shows sustained interest in school board recall

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    In the first half of 2022, Ballotpedia tracked 152 recall efforts against 240 officials. These figures represent a small decline from 2021, when we tallied 165 recall efforts against 263 officials by midyear. In comparison, the highest number of recall efforts we have tracked by midyear was 189 in 2016. The lowest was 72 in…

  • San Francisco voters recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin

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    San Francisco voters recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin on June 7, 2022. Mayor London Breed will appoint a temporary replacement, who will serve until voters elect a permanent district attorney in November. Boudin was elected district attorney in 2019, defeating Suzy Loftus 50.8% to 49.2% in a ranked-choice voting election. Previously, Boudin served as deputy…

  • Oregon fire district board member recalled with 51.1% of the vote

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    In Washington County, Oregon, Banks Fire District #13 board members Mark Schmidlin and Ed Ewing faced a recall election on April 12, 2022. Schmidlin was recalled with 51.1% of votes cast in favor of the recall. Ewing retained his seat with 52.4% of votes cast against the recall. Schmidlin’s seat will be filled via a…