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A recall election (also called a recall referendum, recall petition or representative recall) is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a referendum before that official's term of office has ended. Recalls appear in the constitution in ancient Athenian democracy. [1]
Voter displaying a 2008 Michigan primary election ballot. The following is a list of statewide initiatives and referendums modifying state law and proposing state constitutional amendments in Michigan, sorted by election.
The recall election was a single election, rather than a two-stage process in which an initial decision on whether to recall Weaver would be followed by another election for a new mayor if necessary. [6] The recall election followed a controversy relating to Weaver's support for a waste collection contract with Rizzo Environmental Services, a ...
A recall election in Michigan typically involves a yes or no vote and gives voters the option of keeping the incumbent or tossing them. However, if challengers can get petitions signed, they can ...
On Monday, Nov. 27, the Ottawa County Clerk's Office announced that the special election will be added to the May ballot after a nearly 5-month-long process to recall Lucy Ebel.
The delay in Delta County's election results harkened back to uncertainty in the typically administrative process of election certification following the 2020 election, where canvassers in Wayne ...
The 2024 Oakland mayoral recall election was a successful special recall election to remove Oakland mayor Sheng Thao from office less than two years into her first four-year term. It was held on November 5, 2024 concurrent with the statewide and nationwide general elections .
The 3.4 million Michigan voters who voted early helped lighten the load on Election Day, but that still left 2.2 million ballots to count once the polls closed.