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Alison Maguire recall, Denton, Texas (2022)
| Alison Maguire recall |
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| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| November 8, 2022 |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2022 Recalls in Texas Texas recall laws City council recalls Recall reports |
An election to recall City Councilmember Alison Maguire was held on November 8, 2022, in Denton, Texas.[1] Voters approved the recall by a margin of 64% to 36%.[2]
Recall vote
Alison Maguire recall, 2022
Alison Maguire lost the Denton City Council District 4 recall election on November 8, 2022.
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✖ | Yes |
63.9
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8,683 | ||
No |
36.1
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4,898 | |||
Total Votes |
13,581 | ||||
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Recall supporters
Former City Councilmember Don Duff initiated the recall campaign in May 2022, alongside Creeda Faegre, Venera Monahan, David Laschinger, and Shirley Martin.[1][3]
The petition said that the primary ground for the recall was a meme that Maguire had posted on Facebook in January 2022, which criticized former Denton County Transportation Authority member Chris Watts. Maguire later removed the meme from the post, which can be read here. Duff offered the following sheet explaining the motivation for the recall campaign.[3]
Recall opponents
Maguire removed the meme from her Facebook post, but said that she stood by her criticism of Watts' record on public transportation systems in Denton. She gave the following comment on the recall campaign to the Denton Record-Chronicle: "Petitioners are required to state their reason, but their reason doesn’t necessarily have to be a good one. ... Wanting to see me out of office is a good enough reason. This isn’t a step that I would have taken if I were in their position, but they’re exercising their rights."[3]
District 2 City Councilmember Brian Beck came out against the recall campaign, saying, "There’s no corruption, there’s no conflicts of interests they’re citing; they’re citing a meme post, and we know that this is all about changing leadership instead. ... I do not believe their explanation at all. I simply don’t believe them. I think this is a political ploy, and I’m really disappointed that a former councilor is playing these kinds of games with democracy in the city of Denton."[3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Texas
Organizers submitted the recall petition to the city on May 12, 2022. To force a recall election to be scheduled, organizers needed to collect 673 valid signatures. Duff said he had collected about 745 signatures.[1][3]
The recall election was scheduled for November 8, 2022.
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Denton Record-Chronicle, "City receives recall petition for District 4's Alison Maguire," May 13, 2022
- ↑ Denton County, Texas, "2022 General and Special Elections November 8, 2022," accessed November 11, 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Denton Record-Chronicle, "The basis for a recall petition against Alison Maguire? A meme on Facebook," May 16, 2022
