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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]
Proceedings for the recall of any officer shall be deemed to be pending from the date of the filing with any county, or city and county clerk, or registrar of voters, of any recall petition against such officer; and if such officer shall resign at any time subsequent to the filing thereof, the recall election shall be held notwithstanding such ...
Natalie Rubalcava faces a June 4 recall election, just 18 months after winning her seat on the Anaheim City Council. Local activists have dreamed of turning the council into one much like Santa ...
ReCALL, an academic journal about computer-assisted language learning; Recall (memory) Recall, a 2016 animated short; The Recall, a 2017 Canadian-American film; Recall election, a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official; Letter of recall, sent to return an ambassador from a country; Microsoft Recall, a Windows 11 feature
The 2021 California gubernatorial recall election was a special recall election that started in August 2021 and ended on September 14, 2021, when the majority of California voters chose not to recall incumbent Democratic governor Gavin Newsom, elected for the term January 2019 to January 2023. Many hopefuls took on the incumbent, to become the ...
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 ...
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The poll tax mechanism varied on a state-by-state basis; in Alabama, the poll tax was cumulative, meaning that a man had to pay all poll taxes due from the age of twenty-one onward in order to vote. In other states, poll taxes had to be paid for several years before being eligible to vote. Enforcement of poll tax laws was patchy.