Michigan: Algonac Mayoral recall on Election Day ballot, facing two challengers

Mayor Eileen Tesch is facing Helen Meldrum and Lori Warner on the Election Day Recall. Meldrum previously served on the city council for 12 years. The recall is over a move to have signatures gatherers against two other councilmembers removed from a meeting. Those two councilmembers, Irene Bird and Joe Nugent, resigned before a November vote.

Michigan: Leoni Township recalls set to go on Election Day

Supervisor Howard Linnabary (R), Clerk Michele Manke (D) and Treasurer Lori Stack (D) will all be on the ballot over their vote that allowed for a percentage of the $5000 administrative fee for medical marijuana applications to go to directly to the seven board members for the extra work they did in approving the applications. The law has since been changed.

Two challengers, Steven Casselman (D) and Dan Gough (no party) are challenging Linabary; Manke is facing Mark Carpenter (R) and Izzy Medel (no party) and Patrick Clemente (R) is facing off against Stack.

Canada: British Columbia government to consider legislation banning corporate and union donations to recall campaigns

The current B.C. law has no spending restrictions on recalls, so this will put the same restrictions as exist for general elections ($1200 donation limit, not union or corporate donations). This ould take place just before the MLAs who won off in May 2017 can face recall efforts. Three of them, Rich Coleman, Darryl Piecas and Attorney General David Eby are all facing recall efforts.

Wisconsin's recall law had a similar disparity between regular campaign finance laws and those affecting recalls. Washington State has a similar law going the other - a much tighter restriction on donations.

The piece also mentions that there have been 26 recall petitions in B.C. history. Six submitted signatures and five of those failed. A recall effort against MLA Paul Reitsma (NDP) in 1999 had enough signatures, but he resigned before verification.

Wisconsin: Paris Board member who survived 2016 recall vote not running for reelection

Supervisor Ron Kammerzelt, who survived a 2016 recall vote and then won again in 2017, has announced that he won't run for reelection.

California: Former Santa Clara Judge ordered to pay opponents attorneys' fees in recall fight

Judge Aaron Persky, who was kicked out in the June recall, was ordered to pay $161,825 in attorneys's fees over his lawsuit over who should handle the recall effort (Persky argued that the Secretary of State rather than the local county Registrar of Voters was responsible to handle the recall, and that his replacement should be appointed rather than elected. He lost both arguments). The fee payment is part of a statute calling for reimbursement if the case enforces 'an important right affecting the public interest.'"

Maine: Ogunquit Selectmen facing petitions

Selectmen Madeline Mooney, Charles Waite III and Robert Winn are facing recall petitions for their support of the town manager's decision to fire the Fire Chief. Petitioners had to submit 50 signatures, which they seem to have done. They are now looking as to what the full signature amount needs to be -- will it be based on the voter totals for the district from the 2014 gubernatorial election or the 2018 one. The reason for the questions are because the petitions will be circulating after election day.

Update: The Fire Chief has since filed a lawsuit.

Ohio: Huber Heights Councilwoman hit with censure motion before Election Day recall vote

Councilwoman Janell Smith, who is facing a recall vote on Election Day , has now been hit with a censure measure which the Council approved (one abstention and Smith voting no. The issue was is about information that Smith alleged to have not given the council about a city water pressure project.

California: Westmoreland Clerk and Councilwoman facing recall vote on November 6

City Clerk Sally Traylor and City Councilwoman Mary Ann Monte Smith will be facing a recall vote over issues with the police department. Petitioners needed 214 signatures to get on the ballot.

Update: Both Traylor and Monte-Smith lost the recall vote, with about 75% voting for removal.

Louisiana: St. Martinville Councilman recall misses by 10 signatures

The petition against Councilman Dennis Paul Williams failed by 10 signatures. The recall was over claims that he is not available enough and has his own personal agenda. Petitioners need 347 signatures by October 1. They handed in 428 signatures buy had 91 kicked off.

Michigan: Arcadia Township Treasurer facing November 6 vote

Treasurer Debbra Eckhout is facing a recall vote over an audit that found deficiencies or material weakness in the township's internal controls. Melanie Cedarholm is running against her in the recall race.

Michigan: Three Ross Township officials on the ballot on Election Day over medical marijuana zoning vote

The recalls of Treasurer Cynthia Genung and Trustees Sidney Durham and Diana Langshaw are on the ballot in November over their votes in favor of an ordinance that would allow medical marijuana processors and growers in an industrial district. The bill was later reversed.

Washington: Judge approves Kennewick Council recall effort

The recall effort against Council member/former Mayor Steve Young has been approved by a Benton County Superior Court Judge for over the charge of violating Washington's Fair Campaign Practices Act (6 other claims were tossed).  Young has said that he will be appealing to the Supreme Court.

The language of the ballot would read "forwarding an email that can be interpreted as soliciting from a city of Kennewick employee a contribution on behalf of Dan Newhouse." Newhouse is Congressman Dan Newhouse (R).

Washington is a malfeasance standard/Judicial recall state, so the courts needed to way in on whether the recall meets the for cause requirement.

Petitioners need about 2675 signatures to get on the ballot.

Oregon: Lake County DA resigns after signatures are handed in

District Attorney Sharon Forster resigned after 732 signatures were handed in for her recall. Petitioners needed 480 valids. Petitioners claimed that Forster was out of the office too often and that she has blocked Lake County's only elected judge from presiding over criminal cases. The replacement will be appointed.

Nevada: Audit claims that recall petitions against State Senators would have failed under more effective sampling methodology

A new State Audit report claims that the petitions against state Senators Nicole Cannizzaro and Joyce Woodhouse would have failed earlier if the state had used a different sampling methodology that is used in Oregon.

New Jersey: Op-Ed on Mahwah Mayoral Recall

Here's an op-ed that I wrote on the Mahwah Mayoral Recall, which includes some details about New Jersey's use of the recall in recent years.

Missouri: Independence Council member facing petitions

Council member Tom Van Camp has been hit with a recall petition over travel costs and the plan for a solar farm at former golf club, which the city acquired. Petitioners would need about 1300 signatures. It seems that April 2019 would be the next election where he could actually face a vote.

Michigan: Algonac ready for Mayoral Recall on Election Day

Mayor Eileen Tesch is up for a recall on Election Day over the move to have signatures gatherers against two other councilmembers removed from a meeting. Those two councilmembers, Irene Bird and Joe Nugent, resigned before a November vote.

Ohio: Salem Councilmembers threatened with recall over any votes to restore income tax

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Oregon: Lake County DA facing recall effort

District Attorney Sharon Forster is facing a recall over claims that she is out of the office too often and that she has blocked Lake County's only elected judge from presiding over criminal cases. Petitioners need 480 signatures in 90 days.

Colorado: Boulder proposed changes to recall signature law

Here -- it would make the same signature requirements for initiatives, referendums and recall 10% of the average number of people who voted in the last election.