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Called Popular referendum, or alternatively Veto Referendum, Citizen referendum, Statute referendum, Statute remand, People's veto, or Citizen's veto, in which a predetermined number of signatures (typically lower than the number required for an initiative) qualifies a ballot measure for voting on repealing or not a specific state law. 23 ...
2010, a recall proposal aimed at mayor Ron Littlefield of Chattanooga, Tennessee, failed after a judge of the Hamilton County, Tennessee circuit court ruled that too many of the petition signatures were invalid and that the petitioners had failed to properly adhere to the state's recall law, leaving "pages without dates".
The state overwhelmingly adopted its recall law in 1996, with 88% of voters in favor. But since then, there have only been two recalls that have gone to the ballot, against Tracy Councilmember ...
As of March 2010, legislators in seven states had introduced legislation which would permit the governor of the state to recall any National Guard troops from overseas deployments (such as in Iraq and Afghanistan); the bills failed in Maryland and New Mexico. [23]
In 1911, newly elected Governor Francis E. McGovern laid out his progressive vision for Wisconsin, which included a proposal for a recall. [1] The next week, State Senator Paul O. Husting introduced Senate Joint Resolution 9, which allowed for the recall of every office holder in the state, including both those elected and appointed. [1]
It applies to recalls targeting local officials, including county supervisors and city council members, from “general law” jurisdictions that follow state statutes. But charter cities and ...
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Recall has been implemented at Panchayat level in the states of Uttar Pradesh, [4] Uttarakhand, [5] Bihar, [6] Jharkhand, [7] Madhya Pradesh, [8] Chhattisgarh, [9] Maharashtra [10] and Himachal Pradesh [11] Recall has been implemented at Panchayat level in the states of Punjab since 1994 as provision of no confidence motion.