California: Santa Clara County Judge recall given the tentative greenlight

Petitioners have been told that they can start gathering signatures though a final decision will not be issued until tomorrow.

Nevada: Look at Senate recall attempts

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California: Artesia Mayor and two councilman recalls approved by city clerk

Petitions have been against Mayor Ali Taj and Councilmen Miguel Canales and Victor Manalo over a claim that a boulevard project is taking to long to complete. Petitioner need 1867 signatures to get on the ballot.

Update: Petitioners never submitted the signatures

Michigan: Algonac Councilman resigns instead of face recall

Councilman Joe Nugent resigned rather than face a recall vote in November.

Idaho: Notus Mayor survives recall vote

Mayor David Porterfield survived a recall vote 48-85. The recall was over the approval of an irrigation system.

Michigan: Judge requires that Flint Councilman cannot run for both reelection and mayoral recall race

Councilman Scott Kincaid now has to pick a job -- he cannot run for reelection and run to compete in the mayoral recall race at the same time. A three page opinion holds that it is incompatible to run for both at once.

California: My LA Times op-ed on the recall attempt against State Senator Newman

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California: Governor signs bull extending waiting periods for recalls

The new law imposes a further waiting period on recalls so voters have a chance to remove their names from the petitions.

Colorado: Petitions filed against two Mead Trustee over marijuana dispensaries

Trustees Colleen Whitlow and Herman Schranz are facing petitions over their vote to approve marijuana dispensaries. Both have their terms ending in April.

Kansas: Democratic Party Secretary facing recall effort over consulting firm payment

Party Secretary Casey Yingling is facing a recall petition for not recusing herself from voting on giving congressional candidate James Thompson $20,000 -- she is connected to the consulting firm he's using. Petitioners need 35% of the signatures of the executive committee and need a 2/3rds vote to win. Thompson lost his special election race to replace former Congressman and current CIA director Mike Pompeo, though he did much better than expected.

Taiwan: Shou Yuan Village Chief first to recalled under new law

Chen Ming-Lun, the village chief in Shou Yuan Village, Nanzhou Township of Pingtung County, was removed by a recall vote, the first under the new amendment to the Recall Law. Perviously officials needed voter turnout over 50% (plus a majority). The new amendment (applicable to all but the president and VP) requires a turnout of 25%.

This election had 310 voters turnout, with 277 voting to remove. The issue was the building of a columbarium in the village.

Michigan: Algonac City Council recalls set for November

The recalls against Council members Irene Bird and Joe Nugent is set for Election Day, with three challengers for the two seats.

Colorado: Custer County Recall petitions verified

The signatures against three Custer County Commissioners have been approved -- the recalls are set for Election Day.

Wisconsin: Onalaska School Board member accused of threatening utility worker with gun

School Board Member Jake Speed, who is facing petitions for refusing to attend meetings, was recently cited for threatening to pull a gun on a utlity worker after the worker was set to disconnect his power.

Alaska: Homer City Council asks legislature to make recalls more difficult

Homer City Council has asked the legislature to tighten the use of "misconduct" after the recent recalls of three members. The goal would be to be more of a malfeasance standard/judicial recall state that requires a showing of cause to get on the ballot.

Georgia: Thomas County Sheriff threatened with recall after fatal shooting of black suspect by drug squad

Sheriff Carlton Powell is facing calls for his resignation and threats of a recall by the local NAACP chapter after a fatal shooting in a drug bust.

Michigan: Flint Mayoral recall counting had "bad math" -- recall effort now has exactly the number of signatures needed to get on the ballot

The recall against Mayor Karen Weaver is now hanging on a one signature. A mistake in the complaint resulted in an overcourt of 121 signatures. Petitioners needed 5750 signatures, handed in 8848 signatures and 3098 were tossed out. That is exactly how many are now approved. Weaver is almost certainly going to hunt for that last signature to toss out.

California: Editorial blasts move to change recall law to help Democratic State Senator

The bill would add months to the qualification for a recall and a requirement that the Joint Legislative Budget Committee review the cost estimate provided.

California: Retired Judge to hear Santa Clara Judge recall appeal

Retired San Francisco Judge Kay Tsenin will hear the appeal of whether the recall against Judge Aaron Persky can move forward now.

Nevada: Look at recall in the state

Notably, there has been 150 recall efforts since 1993.