Colorado: Kiowa School board members facing recall efforts

Kiowa School Board members Kurt Wassil, Stephanie Buker and Stacy Morgan are facing recall efforts over complaints of misusing funds and low staff morale/fear among staff members. Petitioners need 244 signatures by November 13. 

Massachusetts: Holyoke City Council Charter and Rules Committee recommends recall election law

The Holyoke City Council's Charter and Rules Committee is recommending the passage of a recall election law for the city. The City Council is voting on the provision on October 6, and then will require the state legislature to approve it. Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, who recently lost a race for Congress against Ways & Means Chairman Richard Neal, faced a recall effort after heavily disputed claims of inappropriate behavior during his time as a lecturer at UMass. 

City Councilor Mike Sullivan, Linda Vacon, David Bartley and Howard Greaney Jr. are all co-sponsoring an order to allow for the recall. Several attempts to enact a recall were rejected by Morse.

In 2017, the mayor's term moved from 2 to 4 years, but he refused to sign a plan to also put in a recall law.  

Petitioners would need 500 signatures. There is a 12 month grace period at the end of the term, petitioners would need 10% in 30 days.

Washington: Look back at the 1970 Tacoma Council recall

 Here and here's coverage of the event where five councilmembers were kicked out. 

Michigan: Petition language approved against Secretary of State, rejected against Attorney General

Petition language was approved for a recall effort against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D), though a petition against Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) was rejected due to factualness and clarity reasons. Petitioners need more than 1 million signatures to get on the ballot. 

The petition against Benson is over mailing postcards to voters encouraging them to apply for vote from home ballots in November.

The Nessel recall was over complaints over enforcement of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions at long-term care facilities. 

There are also recall efforts against Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II as well as multiple attempts against Nessel.

Texas: Signatures handed in for Granite Shoals Mayor and Councilor

Petitioners have turned in 222 signatures for the recall effort against Granite Shoals Mayor Carl Brugger and Councilor Bruce Jones. Petitioners need 152 signatures (6.5 percent of registered voters) to get on the ballot. 

The recall is over a vote to give the City Manager a raise. Two councilmembers tried to rescind it but failed in a 5-2 vote. 

Jones is running unopposed for reelection on the November ballot. Brugger is term limited. 

Canada: Calls for NWT to add recall election for MLAs

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Wisconsin: Omro Town Board Chair facing October 20th recall vote -- Update: Noe survives vote

Omro Town Board Chair Brian Noe is facing a recall vote on October 20th, which will be a primary vote. If there are two candidates, there will be a special general election on November 17th. Don't see anything about what the recall is about.

Update: Noe survived the vote 240-236 for Sherry Seaman

Louisiana: Bunkie Mayor and Police Chief facing petitions

Bunkie Mayor Bruce Coulon and Police Chief Scotty Ferguson are facing a recall effort after battles over towing companies.

Minnesota: Third petition filed against Governor over stay in place rules

A third recall petition has been taken out against Governor Tim Walz (D), once again over shelter-in-place rules instituted to fight the spread of the coronavirus. State Representative Jeremy Munson is a moderator on the recall effort Facebook page.

The first two petitions filed against Walz were rejected by the Minnesota Supreme Court. Minnesota is a malfeasance standard state and would require petitioners to meet a stringent requirement of malfeasance to get on the ballot. Minnesota has generally reject all recalls since its state law was approved in 1996. However, in 2018 there was a recall against Tracy Councilman Tony Peterson (he survived the vote).

If approved, petitioners would need about 646,000 signatures to get on the ballot.

Governing Magazine story on national-wide recall efforts

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Nebraska: Crawford Mayor facing January recall election

Crawford Mayor Connie Shell is facing a recall vote in January over general complaints of "self-serving behavior, including allegations that she threatened Chamber of Commerce members with personal lawsuits. Petitioners handed in 160 signatures. They got at least 138 and needed 133.

Michigan: Petition language approved against Grosse Pointe School Board members

Petitions language has now been approved against Grosse Pointe School Board President Magaret Weertz and Trustee Chris Lee after previously being rejected on clarity grounds. The complaint focused on contract votes to reconfigure schools and renew the superintendent's contract. According to the board members, the vote took place after the district shrunk in size. Petitioners need 7646 signatures to get on the ballot. 

Arizona: Kingman Mayor and councilmembers facing recall over coronavirus pandemic mask requirements

Kingman Mayor Jen Miles and Councilmembers David Wayt, James Scott Stehly, SueAnn Mello Keener and Ken Watkins are facing recall efforts over their vote to continue mask covering requirement to combat the coronavirus pandemic until October 20. Two other councilmembers who voted against the protective mask requirements are not facing recall efforts.

Petitioners need 1438 signatures for the councilmembers by January 19 and 1384 for the Mayor by January 12.

Michigan: Hamtramck Councilman facing recall effort

Hamtramck Councilman Ian Perrotta is facing recall efforts led by six current and former council members, including Councilman Mohammed Hassan (who put out a press release). Perrotta was recently censured by the council for allegedly bullying and harassing an employee. He also was previously almost censured for a comment on the immigrant population.

Oklahoma: Lawton Mayor and Council member facing petitions over pandemic response

Lawton Mayor Stan Booker and Councilman Jay Burk are facing recall efforts over city laws mandating the use of masking and shut-downs due to the need to fight the coronavirus pandemic. 

Japan: Yokohama Mayoral recall kicked off

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi is facing a recall effort over a plan for an integrated resot. Petitioners need about 500,000 signatures.

Georgia: Signatures handed in against Blackshear Council member

Petitioners have handed in 98 signatures for the recall of Blackshear Council member Shawn Godwin. They need 89 valids. Petitioners already passed the first stage of the recall, handing in 30 signatures.

Council members Linda Gail Dennison and Timmy Sapp were also facing recall petitions, with the council holding a hearing on the charges. Two former mayors have signed the petitions. The issue appears to be their initial opposition to the hiring of the City Clerk. There's also a kitchen sink of other complaints over meeting attendance, open meeting violations and claims of censorship on social media.

Georgia is a malfeasance standard/judicial recall state, so a showing of cause is needed. I haven't seen any discussion of whether this has already occurred.  

Colorado: Westminster Mayor and Councilmembers facing recall effort over water bill rates

Westminster Mayor Herb Atchison and Councilmembers Anita Seitz, Kathryn Skulley and Jon Voelz are facing recall efforts over water bills. Petitioners would need 25% of turnout, which is 5009 signatures for Atchison and 6,098 for the three council members. 

Oklahoma: Petitioners validated against Norman City Councilmember; Mayoral recall effort appears to have failed

The recall effort against Norman City Councilmember Alison Petrone got enough valid signatures to get on the ballot. Petitioners handed in 3444 signatures and had 2580 valid. 2573 were needed.

Petitions against Mayor Breea Clark seemed to have failed -- they handed in 20661 and needed 18,124. Over 3600 signatures have been tossed out.  

City Councilwoman Sereta Wilson previously resigned in the face of the recall threat. It seems that they haven't handed in signatures against two other councilmembers who were threatened, City Council members Kate Bierman and Stephen Holman. 

The recall is over a vote to cut the police department's proposed budget by $865,000 (it appears not to be an actual cut -- the police wanted a big increase and got only a smaller one). There are also complaints about the council's push to require masks to stave off the coronavirus.

Petrone is up for her regularly scheduled election a month later. 

The petitioners asked for a 10 day extension due to claims of harassment, though it was denied as not being provided for in the law.  

Washington: Seattle City Council member recall approved by Judge

A judge has approved a recall effort against Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant (the first socialist elected to Seattle's council in 100 years). Two of the six charges were dismissed.

The recall effort was over a kitchen sink of complaints, including revealing the mayor's home address, giving decision-making authority to Socialist Alternative (which has been a complaint against her before, though it was dismissed by the Ethics and Election Commission), promoting a ballot initiative, letting protesters in City Hall after hours and helping to create a criminal environment.

Petitioners would need over 10,700 signatures to get on the ballot. Washington is also a "malfeasance standard/judicial recall state", so a recall effort needed to get approval to get on the ballot. 

Update: Sawant has appealed to the Supreme Court.