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Who Will Be the Next Victim of the Grand Bounce? A nonpartisan, nonjudgmental look at the “Hair-Trigger†Form of Government
An update on the push by New Bedford Mayor John Mitchell for a recall law for city council members. The proposal needs the approval from the City Council and then needs t… Read More
Ann Hsu, who helped lead the 2022 recall of three San Francisco School Board members, was appointed to replace one of the defeated incumbents and then lost the seat in November, is now runni… Read More
Three Falcon Highlands Metropolitan District Board Members appear to have lost their recall elections, with Erin Ganaway (277-14), Leo Schuhmacher (276-17) and Tom Dickey (280… Read More
Petitions have been filed against Mott Community College Board of Trustees Janet Couch, John Daly III and Secretary Wendy Wolcott. The recall is over the approval of a contract for an… Read More
Petitions have been taken out against Port Angeles City Council members Kate Dexter, Navarra Carr, Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin and LaTrisha Suggs. The petition claims that they are illegible to… Read More
Petitions have been taken out against East Baton Rouge Parish School Board members Mark Bellue, Nathan Rust, Michael Gaudet, Emily Soule and Patrick Martin.The issue seems to be a failure to… Read More
Ballotpedia's mid-year recall report is showing that more officials were removed by recalls in any years that they've been tracking since 2014 (My biggest recall year was 2012, so makes sens… Read More
The recall of Juneau Board of Education President Deedie Sorensen and VP Emil Mackey has made the ballot. The recall will be on the October 1 municipal election ballot.The rec… Read More
The lawsuit seeking to overturn the rejection of 188 signatures in the recall effort against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos was tossed out by a district court judge. The judge did… Read More
Crawford Mayor Tom Phillips was ousted in a recall, 182-109. Petitioners claimed that he does not live in Crawford and that he has a conflict of interest, as his wife is a book-kee… Read More
Archuleta County Commissioner Veronica Medina is facing petitions over conflict of interest claims regarding the purchase of a county administration building, though Medina claims that… Read More
A few months late, but a recall against Nyssa School District members Pat Morinaka and Susan Ramos failed, though Jeremy Peterson resigned (over a new law that required a statement of econom… Read More
520 signatures were handed in against Carthage Councilmember Tiffany Cossey, The recall is over a claim that she was creating a hostile work environment, which led the previous council… Read More
The Pilot Point City Council refused to schedule a recall election against Council member Elizabeth Jones, with the vote 5-1-1 against. The recall appears to be over Jones' hosting the city'… Read More
Petitioners for the recall of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are suing to overturn an Election Commission ruling tossing out 188 signatures in the second recall effort against Vos due… Read More
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The push to change Taiwan's recall law is running into ferocious opposition. The law, which currently has a "absentee veto" requirement (25% must turnout for the recall to count)… Read More
Recall petitions were taken out against Killeen Councilmembers Michael Boyd and Jessica Gonzalez. The recall seems to be part of an ongoing fight, thought the petitioner mentions (among many… Read More
A recall effort is ongoing against Vilas County Clerk of Courts Beth Soltow. The Board of Supervisors voted down a resolution that would have provided formal support for the recall (the vote… Read More
The recall elections of Page Councilors David Auge and Mike Farrow has been scheduled for Election Day, November 5.210 signatures were handed in. Not sure how many are needed.The i… Read More
The recall effort against Millbrae Councilmembers Angelina Cahalan and Maurice Goodman is set for July 23rd (final day to get ballots in). The recall is over a San Mateo… Read More
Here's an op-ed that I wrote in Fox News on the Rise of the Running Mates. Read More
I haven't compiled data, but Ballotpedia said that the recall efforts are the highest since at least 2014. Note that the highest I've counted was in 2012 (the blog started in 2011), so presi… Read More
Both Sunol Glen School Board Trustees Ryan Jergensen and Linda Hurley are losing the recall elections, with Jergensen trailing 254-218 and Hurley down 249-223. There… Read More
Recall efforts have been started against six ODM MPs, Gideon Ochanda, Elisha Odhiambo, Caroli Onondi, Emmanuel Wangwe, Memusi Kanchory and Bernard Shinali, after they voted against their par… Read More
Following an earlier announcement that he was resigning, Dickinson Mayor Sean Skipworth has finally submitted his resignation in the face of a new recall effort, with a s… Read More
The recall election against Keelung City Mayor Hsieh Kuo-liang (KMT) is looking to hand in nearly 40,000 signatures by July 5. They need about 31,000. Kuo-liang is facing criticism over a sc… Read More
Voters are discussing a recall effort against Crockett City Council member Darrell Jones for failing to appear at meetings. However, the charter doesn't spell out a recall law so it ma… Read More
Petitions have been taken out against Victor Mayor Barbara Manning and City Councilor Buck Hakes over the firing of maintenance coordinator (seems like he was fire chief and this was a volun… Read More
The second recall effort against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos failed after the Election Commission tossed out 188 additional signatures because they were collected after the 60th day of regist… Read More
Petitions have been taken out against Mabton Mayor Rachel Ruelas, though the first effort has been turned away. The recall effort comes after the former city clerk was accused of allowing he… Read More
Here's an op-ed I co-wrote in American Lawyer's Recorder looking at why Oakland may end up with the 4 mayors in 3 months and why it happened. Mayoral candidate Loren Taylor, who lost to… Read More
Temecula School Board President Joseph Komorsky lost the June 4th recall, 4963-4751. Turnout was 45.1%. Here is a NYT story with my comments on the recall.The recall is over c… Read More
Signatures were verified in the second recall effort against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, though there are significant questions about whether it works depending on the district, which w… Read More
Here's a look back at a recall effort against North Dakota Governor Walter Welford in 1935 over the continual difficulties of the Great Depression. The recall did not make the ballot, t… Read More
The recall against Seaside City Councilor Steve Dillard has made the ballot and is scheduled for July 31. over his proposal for age restrictions on library books. Petitioners… Read More
Signatures have been submitted in the recall effort against Page Councilors David Auge and Mike Farrow 210 signatures were handed in. Not sure how many are needed.The issue was a vote a… Read More
More exciting news in Alameda County, as clerk announced that the recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Tao has made the ballot, which was followed the next day by news that the FBI raided her house… Read More
Gervais Mayor Andrea Gilland and City Councilors John Harvey, Michael Gregory and Rob Ladd are losing in the first release of numbers, with 60% against. So far, 29% of voters have… Read More
Two Delta County Board of Canvassers members, Bonnie Hakkola and LeeAnne Oman, have resigned after they originally refused (and then flipped) -- to certify the recall electio… Read More
Petitions have been filed against Brandywine School Board members Michelanne McCombs, Elaine McKee, Thomas Payne and Angela Seastrom. The issue is their opposition to a change in the bo… Read More
More on the Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price recall, including a former spokesperson accusing Price of deleting records and racism and complaints about a DA showing up at a … Read More
Signatures have been validated in the Cottage Grove City Councilors Mike Fleck, Chalice Savage and Alex Dreher. Hopefully, we'll see the numbers soon.The recall appears to be about the … Read More
Petitions have been taken out against Iowa Mayor Neal Watkins. Petitioners would need 604 signatures. It may have to do with the raising of water bills. Read More
A deep dive by the New York Times at the failure of the recall effort against Esmeralda County Clerk LaCinda Elgan, as well as the district attorney and county auditor (though I don't see an… Read More
The recall effort against St. Tammany Parish Coroner Christopher Tape has slowed, which has led to using the tactic of mailing out petitions so signers will self-att… Read More
Signatures have been handed in for the recall of Juneau Board of Education President Deedie Sorensen and VP Emil Mackey, The recall is over a $7.9 million budget deficien… Read More
The recall against Garfield RE-2 School Board Member Tony May has made the ballot. Petitioners handed in 2880 signatures and 2441 were validated. They needed 2378 valids… Read More
Recall petitions have been taken out against four Milwaukee Public School Board members, Marva Herndon, Jilly Gokalgandhi, Erika Siemsen and Missy Zombor, following the news that the Wiscons… Read More
The recall against three Morrow County Commissioners, Commissioners, David Sykes, Jeff Wenholz and Roy Drago Jr., has made the ballot and is scheduled as a special election in July. &nb… Read More
The recall of recall of Flint Councilmember Quincy Murphy has gotten to the ballot and will be scheduled for November 5. on the ballot. Petitioners got 533 signatures and need… Read More
A recall campaign is being threatened against Hsinchu Mayor Ann Kao. Kao was charged with corruption.There is also a recall against Keelung Mayor George Hsieh Read More
Genthin Mayor Matthias Gunther was kicked out in a recall, with 83.4% in early reporting. Turnout was 60.4%. There was an earlier attempt against Gunther that failed to get to the ballot Read More
Leland is considering adopting a recall law in the town charter. State Representative Frank Iler is pushing a bill in the House to allow the town to hold a referendum on the law.The recall s… Read More
Petitions have been filed against John Day Councilmember Sherrie RiningerCouncilmember Sherrie Rininger, Eric BushEric Bush and Ron Phillips over a kitchen sink of complaints such as "claims… Read More
Petitioners have handed in over 40,000 signatures in the recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Tao, which was partly to match the amount of votes she received in the first round of her ele… Read More
The second recall effort second recall effort against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos appears to have failed, with reports that the petitions include hundreds of duplicates, people sig… Read More
Gervais Mayor Andrea Gilland and City Councilors John Harvey, Michael Gregory and Rob Ladd are facing a stand alone special election recall vote on June 18. The recall is over the… Read More
The recall effort against Las Animas County Coroner Dominic Verquer has failed, with too many signatures being rejected. The recall was over claims that Verquer buried ho… Read More
Petitioners are claiming that they filed enough signatures to get the recall of Flint Councilmember Quincy Murphy on the ballot. They need 513. The recalls in Flint have been a long run… Read More
Petitions have been taken out against Benton Harbor Commissioner Ethel Clark Griffin and School Board Trustee Elnora Gavin by former City Commissioner Jerry Edwards.The effort against Clark… Read More
The June 4th recall of Temecula School Board President Joseph Komorsky remains close, with the current vote at 4674-4477 in favor of removal. Ballots could be coming in until… Read More
Anaheim City Council member Natalie Rubalcava appears to have survived the June 4th recall vote, 2683-3123.The recall was started after a public corruption investigation report was rele… Read More
Two Cherokee Metropolitan District Board members, Steve Hasbrouck and Linda Keleher, were ousted in June 4 recall votes. Keleher lost 1084-460 and Hasbrouck lost by over 1000 votes… Read More
Petitions have been taken out against Baraboo School Board President Kevin Vodak over claims of misuse of money, high turnover and favoritism. Petitioners need more than 2500 signatures by J… Read More
Petitions have been taking out against Marquette Board of Light and Power Commissioner Margaret Brumm over her trademarking of the name "Marquette Sentinels" to force the school board to kee… Read More
Kamiah Mayor Betty Heater was ousted in a special election recall, 240-58. Due to Idaho's Queen of the Hill provision, the recall needed 130 votes in favor (the total Heater won in… Read More
Some further stories on the Oakland Mayor Sheng Tao recall effort, including that the petitioners don't have any favorite in a potential replacement race (or appointment, then a race) if the… Read More
The lawsuit that is attempting to undue the 2011 law that bans public workers collective bargaining (and was part of the impetus for the Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker + Lt Gov + 13 s… Read More
The June 4th recall of Anaheim City Council member Natalie Rubalcava appears to be another union vs. union fight, based on the spending. The Unite Here union, which has b… Read More
Recall efforts are being threatened against two Estes Park Town Board members, Mayor Pro Tem Marie Cenac and Trustee Kirby Hazelton. The other board members are still in a six mont… Read More
Petitions have been taken out against Helena-West Helena Mayor Christopher Franklin over a "profanity-laden" video call with his daughter and niece. The city council unanimously (6-0) called… Read More
Petitioners have turned in over 9000 signatures for the recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. If it gets on the ballot, Vos could be facing the dual recall + reelection on the same day. Mi… Read More
Final numbers are in and three of the four Elsie-Vinemaple Rural Fire Protection District Board members lost their recall votes, with Chair Vivian McCann (201-165) and me… Read More
The recall election against Falcon Highlands Metropolitan District Board Members Erin Ganaway, Leo Schuhmacher and Tom Dickey has made the ballot, with a special election set to be held… Read More
Petitioners are claiming that they have enough signatures to get the recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Tao on the ballot. They claim they have over 30,000 and are looking to… Read More
The recall effort against State Senator Aisha Wahab (D), based in Fremont, failed, with petitioners not handing in signatures. They claim that the petition-gatherers failed to… Read More
Petitions have been taken out against Los Banos Councilmembers Brett Jones and Douglas Begonia.Petitions claim that the recall is over a decision to rehire a fired city manager, raise the ba… Read More
There are recall threats against Clinton Township Trustee Donna Hochstetler by "anti-industrial solar advocates." Hochstetler (and the other two trustees) have been neutral on the subje… Read More
Petitions have been taken out against San Benito Health Care District Director Josie Sanchez.Petitioner has been opposed to the Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital administration (which has been… Read More
The recall effort against four Chester Utility District Board members Kimberly Green, Steve Voboril, Arthur Tharpe and Steve Graffweg failed. Petitioners needed 346 signatures. Petitioners h… Read More
A split vote in the Mineral Wells, with Mayor Pro Tem Doyle Light ousted in a May 4 recall vote, 169-109, but councilmembers Carlos Maldonado (193-257) and Jerrel Tomlin … Read More
Petitions have been taken out against Seaside City Councilor Steve Dillard over his proposal for age restrictions on library books. Petitioners need 112 signatures in 90 days. Read More
Petitions have been filed against Big Bend Village Board President Jeff Goodman and trustees Larry Long and Ellen Cole. The petition focuses on Open Meeting law violations, though it looks l… Read More
Petitioners, led by former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, are claiming that they will soon hand in signatures for a second recall effort against Assembly S… Read More
A new effort to recall Lamont Elementary School Board Trustees Gilberto Lopez Jr., Pablo Trevino, Ernesto Garay and Evelyn Velasquez is set to hand in signatures. Petitioners announced… Read More
Here's some further details about the lawsuit filed against the Grover Beach city clerk claiming that they illegally rejected petitions in the recall effort against Grover Beach&nb… Read More
Signatures are being turned in for the recall of Animas County Coroner Dominic Verquer over claims of burying homeless people in a cemetery without the owner's knowledge or pr… Read More
A never mind moment -- following last week's challenges in Delta County, where the local board of canvassers refused to certify the ouster of three Delta County Commissioners, they… Read More
Every single signatures in the recall effort against Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek were thrown out. 369 signatures were subject to random sampling. All were missing the "notice o… Read More
Supporters of Washington DC Councilmember Charles Allen have filed a complaint alleging violations of campaign finance laws by the recall proponents. The issue seems to be independ… Read More
The Senedd, the Welsh Parliament, is considering adopting a recall law that copies UK law, which would allow recalls if an MP is suspended for 10 days. Read More
Monterey voters overwhelmingly approved a recall provision (75-9). Petitioners would need 15% of registereds to get a recall on the ballot Read More
New challenges in Delta County, as the local board of canvassers refused to certify the ouster of three Delta County Commissioners. The board's refusal seems to be based on claims (by e… Read More
A recall effort has been started against Washington DC Southwest Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Mary C. Williams. Williams was a leader in the recall effort last year against Councilmemb… Read More
Signatures have been handed in against Avenal's Reef-Sunset School Board members Claudia Cazares, Lilia Rizo and Lissette Padilla. The recall is scheduled to be held on Election Day (Novembe… Read More
Ending months of debate (and potentially leading to lawsuits), the Alameda Board of Supervisors decided to schedule the recall of District Attorney Pamela Price for Election Day, November 5… Read More
Two Camden-Frontier School Board members, Jesse Crow and Emily Morrison, survived recall votes. Morrison defeated Sarah Wilcox, 202-156 and Crow defeated Rick Hartman, 190-16… Read More
Signatures have been handed in for the recall of Morrow County Commissioners, David Sykes, Jeff Wenholz and Roy Drago Jr. The issues seem to be a kitchen sink grouping, including changes to… Read More