California: Fairfax Mayor and Vice Mayor facing recall effort

A second recall effort has been started against Fairfax Mayor Lisel Blash and Vice Mayor Stephanie Hellman. The issue seems to be their support for rent control and a development plan. 

The first recall effort failed last year. The clerk rejected the submission for the first stage, claiming that there weren't enough signatures handed in and then allegedly refused to answer questions on the requirements needed to get the recall on the ballot (or hand back the original signatures for reuse). The town attorney also refused to provide answers to the questions.

Petitioners need about 1500 signatures in 90 days.

Ohio: Seven Maumee officials recall makes the September 9th ballot

The recall against seven Maumee officials, Mayor James MacDonald and Councilmember Josh Harris, Jon Fiscus, Ted Kurt, Gabriel Barrow, Scott Noonan and Margo Puffenberger, has made the ballot and is scheduled for September 9th (primary day_. 

There were some interesting doings as the petitioners handed the signatures (about 1400 each, need 861), though now there is a claim that the city does not allow for recalls. Apparently, the charter intermixes the terms recall and removal and the officials' supporters say that this should negate the recall. A removal under state law is done by a court for malfeasances and the like. A recall is... a recall. 

However, the latest complaint was that they collected signatures outside of the 90 day time frame, but that was rejected by the court.

The recall appears to be complaints about transparency, distrust and how the city sewer problems have been handled.

Georgia: Recall of Two Bowman Councilmembers heads to April 8th ballot

After being tossed out in court, recalls of Bowman Councilmembers Betty Jo Maxwell and Leah Carey has now made the ballot for April 8.

The recall was thrown out because a judge ruled against it. It seemed that it was claims did not meet the state's malfeasance standard grounds, but this article calls the issue procedural. 

The issue was approval of poultry houses.

 

Colorado: Three Dillon councilmember ousted

All three Dillon Councilmembers, John Woods (197-133), Dana Christiansen (187-143) and Renee Imamura (190-139), were ousted in a March 4 special election. Linda Oliver, Barbara Richard and Joshua Samuel replaced them.

The recall seems to be over the vote for a development project. The town than overturned the vote in a referendum. The lead petitioner is running as a replacement. 

California: San Mateo County Sheriff Ballot Measure passes overwhelmingly

The vote on Measure A, which will allow the San Mateo County supervisors the power to remove County Sheriff Christina Corpus for cause (until 2028) appears to have overwhelmingly passed, with 80% in favor. 

The reason for the effort was over claims of a work romance by Corpus and use of slurs. The measure was a worked around instead of a recall, where petitioners need over 45,000 signatures to get to the ballot. 

We've previously seen the deep look at the effort, especially on the fact that with only 58 sheriffs' in the state, it's not a surprise that there are few recalls on the ballot.

While there have been a number of recalls against sheriffs in other places in the country (I see 4 since 2011 that made the ballot, with 3 removals), none have been in California. KQED's Brian Krans said that the most recent one he found (and maybe the only one) was in 1976 against Plumas County Sheriff W.C. Abernethy, who retired for six days before being sworn in for his sixth term in order to collect his pension. He was kicked out (though it was a close 2% margin).

Colorado: Petitions taken out against four Woodland Park Councilmembers

Woodland Park Councilmembers Jeffrey Geer, Carrol Harvey, Teri Baldwin and Steve Smith are facing petitions over an upcoming vote to repeal the city sales tax. The complaint is that the sales tax send $3M to the School District.  The Councilmembers complain that there is no itemization of moneys spent. The city voters previously shot down an attempt to get rid of the sales tax.

Petitioners need 721 signatures by April 29 (and 577 for Harvey). 

Maine: Recall threats target Maine Governor

Actually don't see any recall threats in the linked article, but perhaps it is the change.org petition. Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) is facing recall threats over women and transathletes issue. Mills recently got into a verbal scuffle with Trump, so that may be a part of this. Note that Maine has never had a state-level recall. 

Colorado: Three Dillon councilmember recalls set to take place on March 4

More on the upcoming recall election against three Dillon Councilmembers, John Woods, Dana Christiansen and Renee Imamura, which is scheduled for March 4. Petitioners apparently needed 17 signatures.

The recall seems to be over the vote for a development project. The town than overturned the vote in a referendum. The lead petitioner is running as a replacement. 

California: More on the latest Gubernatorial recall effort

Here's a look at how unlikely the effort is (with my comments in there) as well as new support from Mel Gibson for the effort. 

Taiwan: KMT recall petitions have 986 dead people signatures

Not the best start for the KMT-supported recalls, as 986 signatures were found to be of dead people (and almost 600 duplicates, though that may be normal). 

Georgia: Petitions taken out against four Bishop officials

Petitions are being taken out against Bishop Mayor Drew Kurtz and Councilmembers Chuck Hadden, Deborah Lucas and Hudson Holder, with complaints about open records and financial mismanagement. 

The issue seems to be about a vote to not renew a lease for a church and academy. 

Petitioners would need 75 signatures to get to the ballot.

Ohio: New claims that recall not allowed against seven Maumee officials

Some interesting doings in the recall effort against seven Maumee officials, Mayor James MacDonald and Councilmember Josh Harris, Jon Fiscus, Ted Kurt, Gabriel Barrow, Scott Noonan and Margo Puffenberger. 

Petitioners handed the signatures (about 1400 each, need 861), though now there is a claim that the city does not allow for recalls. Apparently, the charter intermixes the terms recall and removal and the officials' supporters say that this should negate the recall. A removal under state law is done by a court for malfeasances and the like. A recall is... a recall. 

The recall appears to be complaints about transparency, distrust and how the city sewer problems have been handled. If it gets to the ballot, the recall would be held on Primary Day, September 9th. 

Montana: Canyon Creek Rural Fire District Trustee recall set for March 18

The recall of Canyon Creek Rural Fire District Trustee Richard E. Grady is set for March 18 (when the a--mail ballots are due back). 

There seems to be complaints about the right to comment and other issues.

Alaska: Delta Junction Councilmember recall set for April 18

A recall has been set for Delta Junction City Council Member Stormie Mitchell on April 18. The recall is over claims that Mitchell is unprepared at meetings and delays business. Mitchell was elected to a one-year term in October.

Alaska has a malfeasance standard/judicial recall law, but recent court cases have weakened the law significantly. 

The petition had 41 signatures. No word on how many were accepted.

Delta Junction had a recall in 2001 against Thomas "Roy" Gilbertson and Susan "Susie" Kemp over a private prison construction. Both survived the effort.