Lousiana: Petitioner claims 40,000 signatures stolen from his car in Jefferson Parish Recall

The lead petitioner in the failed recall of Parish President Mike Yenni over claims that he propositioned a 17 year old boy has now taken a further turn to the ridiculous. Rather than producing the recall signatures (the recall failed months ago), the lead petitioner is now claiming he left them in his convertible and they were stolen from the floor.

Tennessee: Etowah commissioner facing recall threats over claims of sexual harassments comments on Facebook post

Commissioner Roby Helm is facing a recall threat after claims that he made sexual harassing comments about handcuff key. Petitioner would need 281 signatures.

Louisiana: Ferriday Mayor facing petitions

Mayor Sherrie Jacobs is facing petitions though it is not clear why except "she has done nothing at all comment." The lead petitioner was arrested on two bench warrants after picking up the petition, which he is tying to the petition-gathering effort.

Petitioner needs 700 signatures, and claims to have 400.

Nevada: Deadline approaching in recall of three Senators

Petitioners are due against State Senator Joyce Woodhouse on October 31, Senator Patricia Farley on November 9 and Nicole Cannizzaro on November 14.

Petitioners have now public face and have disconnected two of three phone numbers (with the third going to a non-set-up voice mail).

Taiwan: Signatures handed in against New Power Party Executive Chairman in recall for his support of same-sex marriage; Recall Set for December 16

26745 signatures were handed against Chairman Huang Kuo-chang, petitioners needed 25,119.

Update: The recall has been approved and is slated for December 16.

California: Six candidates file to run in Lake Forest January 2 recall

Six candidates, including a former mayor and two former failed candidates for the seat, have filed to run in the recall of Councilman Andrew Hamilton.

Montana: Pondera Sheriff recall set for December 19

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Michigan: Albion Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem facing recall effort

Mayor Garrett Brown and Mayor Pro Tem Sonya Brown are facing recall effort after the city manager resigned following her annual evaluation. The council members were scheduled to bote on a censure of Mayor Brown for an attempt to assume more authority. Chad Baase, who lost the 2016 mayoral race, is leading the recall effort.

Petitioners need 439 signatures to get the recall on the ballot for Brown and 96 signatures for Sonya Brown. Here's some more details on the procedure for the recall.

Wisconsin: Onalaska School Board recall signatures validated, recall to be held on November 28

Enough signatures were handed in against board member Jake Speed, with a recall to be held on November 28.

Missouri: Editorial questions the St. Louis County Councilman recall

Here -- there's some questions on who is behind the recall of Councilman Ernie Trakas

Idaho: Star Mayor and Councilman facing November 7 recall elections

Mayor Chad Bell and Councilman Kevin Nielsen are facing recall votes on November 7.

California: Santa Clara Assistant District Attorney raising funds for replacement race for Superior Court Judge

ADA Cindy Hendrickson is looking to raise $15000 in her race to succeed Judge Aaron Persky.

Washington: Yakima County Clerk recall dropped

The attempted recall of County Clerk Janelle Riddle was dropped after petitioners decided not to fight the case in court.

Minnesota: Tracy City Councilman recall petitions validated

Councilman Tony Peterson is facing a recall effort, with petitioners handing in 157 signatures -- they needed 130. Originally, petitions were found to have only 125 (as some voters were out of district), but the petitioners went and got 14 more, of which 5 were validated.

Peterson is accused of bullying city employees. Minnesota is a judicial recall/malfeasance standard state, so there is a good likelihood that the recall will be rejected by the court.

Oregon: Sherwood Council President and Councilor kicked out in recall vote

President Jennifer Harris (72% against) and Councilor Sally Robinson (75% against) appear to have been kicked out over their decision to remove the YMCA from handling the contract for the city-owned recreation center. Final results are not yet available.

Michigan: 18 candidates file for Flint mayor recall

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California: Los Angeles Unified School Board President facing charges over political money laundering

President Ref Rodriguez stepped down from the presidency by remains a member of the board following charges that he authorized $285,000 in payments to a nonprofit that he led.  The teachers' union has been highly critical of Rodriguez, but has not taken out a petition yet. They would need about 45,000 signatures to get the recall on the ballot.

Texas: Laredo Councilman not kicked out by council, may face recall effort

Councilman Vidal Rodriguez survived a push to be thrown out of office by the council after being found guilty of disclosing the sealed juvenile criminal record of a former opponent. The vote was 4-2-2. We'll see if there's any recall push.

North Dakota: Courtenay Council member kicked out in recall

Councilman John Bailey lost his seat in a recall, 17-11 (28 of 43 voters cast ballots). Shane Moran, who led the recall effort, was elected. The petition complains about Bailey's behavior, though Bailey stated that it was about the sewer system.

Nevada: Lawsuit against State Senate recalls

Marc Elias, Hillary Clinton's former General Counsel, has filed suit to stop the recall effort against three state Senators in Nevada, two of whom, Joyce Woodhouse and Nicole Cannizzaro are Democrats and one a Republican-turned-independent, Patricia Farley. The recall effort has the support of Lieutenant Governor Marc Hutchinson's (R) law firm and the heavy support of GOP state Senate leader Michael Roberson, so this is a very partisan affair. If all three would be removed, the Republicans would regain control of the state senate.

The argument that Elias makes against the recall seems very unlikely, though the Nevada Supreme Court has been willing to accept questionable arguments against recalls in the past. Elias seems to be claiming that it places an undue burden on voters, it undermines the republican system and that it is a violation of the federal Voting Rights Act because it disproportionately affects minority voters.

Petitioners need 14412 signatures against Woodhouse by October 31, 14108 against Cannizzaro by November 14 and 7104 against Fairley by November 9.

Nevada has a very strange, possibly unconstitutional, recall law that requires any petition signer to have voted in the previous election.