Alfonzo Williams recall, Burke County, Georgia (2025)
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A recall attempt against Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams is underway in Georgia. The official recall application was issued by the Burke County Board of Elections on July 7, 2025. Recall organizers had 15 days to submit 100 recall sponsor signatures to the board of elections. Organizers submitted these signatures on July 15, 2025. Once the county verifies the signatures, organizers will have 30 days to collect an additional 5,000 signatures.[1]
Recall supporters
Recall organizer Traci Hollingsworth said the following at a meeting of the Burke County Board of Commissioners: "Our community deserves better. This recall is necessary to ensure no other person or family fears any type of retaliation from the sheriff." Hollingsworth was subject of an arrest warrant issued by Williams after he alleged she had sent him harassing communications. The warrant was later recalled by a magistrate judge.[2]
Recall opponents
As of July 16, 2025, Ballotpedia had not identified a response from Williams.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Georgia
Georgia allows the following grounds for recall: conducted himself or herself in a manner that adversely affects the administration of his or her office and adversely affects the rights and interests of the public; malfeasance while in office; violated his or her oath of office; misconduct; failure to perform duties prescribed by law; and willfully misused, converted, or misappropriated, without authority, public property or public funds entrusted to or associated with the elective office to which the official has been elected or appointed.[3] To get the recall on the ballot, supporters must collect signatures equal to 30% of the number of electors who were registered and qualified to vote in the preceding election for that office. Signatures must be collected within 90 days.[4][5]
Recalll context
- See also: Ballotpedia's Recall Report
Ballotpedia covers recall efforts across the country for all state and local elected offices. A recall effort is considered official if the petitioning party has filed an official form, such as a notice of intent to recall, with the relevant election agency.
The chart below shows how many officials were included in recall efforts from 2012 to 2024 as well as how many of them defeated recall elections to stay in office and how many were removed from office in recall elections.
See also
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Burke County, Georgia
- Recall campaigns in Georgia
- Political recall efforts, 2025
- Sheriff recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WRDW, "Recall effort against Burke County sheriff moves forward," July 15, 2025
- ↑ WRDW, "At meeting, critic of Burke County speaks about recall effort," July 7, 2025
- ↑ 2022 Georgia Code, "§ 21-4-3 (2022)," accessed October 16, 2023
- ↑ 2022 Georgia Code, "§ 21-4-4 (2022)," accessed October 16, 2023
- ↑ 2022 Georgia Code, "§ 21-4-11 (2022)," accessed October 16, 2023
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