Tuesday, December 31, 2024

The Year in Recalls -- 77 officials ousted, 31 survive, 16 resign; 385+ recalls attempted

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Wrapping up the 14th year of recall compilations here at the blog with our year-end article in Plurbius News . Here's Ballotpedia's ...
Thursday, December 26, 2024

Wisconsin: Former State Senator Gary Petak, lost 1996 recall vote, dies

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Wisconsin State Senator and Recall Hall of Famer Gary Petak died. Petak was ousted after he flipped his vote in favor of a tax to pay for t...

Massachusetts: Beverly Mayor and two school board members recall fails signature verification on first step

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The recall attempt against Beverly  Mayor Mike Cahill , School Board President Rachael Abell and Board Member Jeffrey Silva was rejected due...

California: Fort Bragg Councilmember issues public apology, forestalling recall effort

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Fort Bragg Councilmember Tess Albin-Smith appears to have avoided a recall effort after issuing a public apology to another councilmember, ...

California: Alameda County District Attorney recall update -- claims of shakedown and voter data

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A subpoena has been issued to a public defender who is claiming former Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price over claims that she f...

California: Updates on the Oakland Mayoral recall fallout, including candidates for replacement race

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Former Representative Barbara Lee (D) is considering running in the replacement race for Oakland Mayor. Former Mayor Sheng Thao's Chief...

Taiwan: Hsinchu City Mayor facing recall effort

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There is a recall effort against Hsinchu City Mayor Ann Kao  (formerly Taiwan People's Party), who was sentenced to seven years (and fou...

Michigan: Flint unable to fill council seat from recall target who died before election held

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The ongoing Flint recall trainwreck now includes a futile 131 ballot effort to fill the seat that Councilmember Quincy Murphy held, befor...

Ballotpedia's year end recall wrap-up

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Ballotpedia has come out with their year-end recall wrap-up (I'll have mine up soon as the last post of the year). Our numbers are pret...
Thursday, December 19, 2024

California: Deep look into San Mateo County Sheriff recall and the history of sheriff recalls in California

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Here's a deep look at the effort to recall San Mateo County Sheriff  Christina Corpus  and some details on the history of sheriff recall...

Colorado: Loveland City Council recall set for March 4

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The recall election against Loveland City Council member  Troy Krenning  has now been set for March 4. Seems like the lawsuits against it h...
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

California: State Senator Josh Newman, recall phoenix, loses reelection run

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The political career of state Senator Josh Newman (D) has taken another swerve, as he lost his reelection race (with significant opposition...

Oregon: Josephine County Commissioner losing in preliminary totals

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Josephine County Commissioner  John West  is losing in the preliminary election vote, which was held on December 17, with 62% against. The ...

California: Chief Assistant named interim Alameda County District Attorney

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With Alameda County D.A. Pamela Price out, her Chief Assistant Royl Roberts has taken over on an interim basis. AS I've mentioned befor...

Taiwan: KMT locks out ruling party and passes "Queen of the Hill" recall provision in committee

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No idea what this means , but the opposition  Kuomintang Party locked the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, out of a committee room and p...

Maine: Arundel's RSU 21 School Board member loses recall vote after she resigns

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Though she resigned weeks ago , the recall vote was still held for Arundel's RSU 21 School Board member  Kristin Shapiro , and she lost ...

California: Temporary Mayor takes over in Oakland

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City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas has taken over as temporary Mayor over Oakland, though it will only be briefly. Bas was just ele...

California: Alameda County District Attorney and Oakland Mayor ousted in recall vote -- questions on who will replace them

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After a bit of time, we have the final numbers in the two big recalls of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, 375,442-221-285 and ...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Nebraska: Recall effort against Kimball Mayor fails

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The recall effort against Kimball Mayor  John Morrison  failed, with petitioners unable to get the 280 needed (petitioners claimed they wer...
Sunday, December 15, 2024

Colorado: Two Collbran Trustees recall makes the ballot

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Collbran Trustees Matilda Evans and Lorraine Zentz will face a recall vote in early 2025. The issue seems to be how they were elected. Both...