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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.
Expulsion is the most serious form of disciplinary action that can be taken against a member of Congress. [1] The United States Constitution (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2) provides that "Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member."
The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5) [1] gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote. Expulsion of a Representative is rare: only six members of the House have been expelled in its history.
Representative Matt Gaetz led resistance to Kevin McCarthy and successfully filed a motion to recall him. The 2022 midterm elections resulted in a narrow, 2-seat Senate majority for the Democratic Party and a narrow, 4-seat House of Representatives majority for the Republican Party.
Both houses of the United States Congress have refused to seat new members based on Article I, Section 5 of the United States Constitution which states that: "Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to ...
Schwarzenegger unexpectedly sprang forth and launched a 60-day candidacy for governor as part of a madcap recall election. There are noteworthy parallels between that contest and the truncated ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 17:34, 4 January 2021: 1,275 × 1,650, 16 pages (253 KB): TE(æ)A,ea. {{Information |Description=“Recall of Legislators and the Removal of Members of Congress from Office,” by Jack Maskell for the Congressional Research Service. |Source=“Recall of Legislators and the Removal of Members of Congress from Office,” by Jack Maskell for ...
If the recall campaign qualified less than 180 days prior to the next regularly scheduled election, then the recall becomes part of that regularly scheduled election. [14] In the case of a recall against the governor, the responsibility for scheduling a special election falls on the lieutenant governor, [15] who in 2003 was Cruz Bustamante. [16]