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Amy Facchinello recall, Grand Blanc Community Schools, Michigan (2023-2024)
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An effort to recall Amy Facchinello from her position on the Grand Blanc Community Schools Board of Education in Michigan did not go to a vote in 2024. Recall supporters did not file signatures by the filing deadline.[1]
The recall effort started after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) on July 18, 2023, announced charges against 16 Republicans, including Facchinello, who had allegedly tried to reassign Michigan's 2020 Electoral College votes from President Joe Biden (D) to former President Donald Trump (R).[2] Facchinello pleaded not guilty to the charges on August 10, 2023.[3] The Genesee County Election Commission approved the recall petition for circulation in a clarity hearing on August 14, 2023.[3]
Facchinello was elected to a six-year term on the board in 2020.[4][5]
Recall supporters
Michelle Ryder filed the recall petition. "My issue with her is the chaos and division, and our school board meetings were borderline dangerous," said Ryder. "That's just not how business meetings are supposed to take place."[6]
The recall petition included the following reasons for recall:[7]
| “ | Only July 18, 2023, Amy Facchinello was charged with the following felonies: one count of conspiracy to commit forgery, two counts of forgery, one count of conspiracy to commit uttering and publishing, one count of conspiracy to commit election law forgery, and two counts of election law forgery[8] | ” |
Recall opponents
Facchinello said she was unable to defend against the recall effort while criminal charges were pending against her. “If a voter comes up to me and wants to ask me about this, I’m unable to say anything,” Facchinello said at the clarity hearing on the recall petition.[3]
Facchinello later released the following statement:[9]
| “ | Far left extremists in Genesee County are targeting me like they have other conservatives because they demand total ideological conformity. It is not about what is best for the people, they want to enforce cancel culture against their political opposition. I remain focused on doing what is best for students.[8] | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Michigan
To get a recall on the ballot in Michigan, recall supporters must collect signatures equal in number to 25% of voters in the jurisdiction in the last gubernatorial election. They have 60 days between the collection of the first signature and the collection of the last signature on the petition. Recall petitions are eligible to collect signatures for 180 days.[10]
The recall petition against Facchinello was filed with the Genesee County Clerk on July 19, 2023.[4] The Genesee County Election Commission approved the recall petition for circulation in a clarity hearing on August 14, 2023.[3]
2024 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 40 school board recall efforts against 83 board members in 2024. Recall elections in 2024 removed 14 members from office, including three who resigned before the election, and retained seven members in office. The school board recall success rate was 13.4%.
The chart below details the status of 2024 recall efforts by individual school board member.
2023 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 48 school board recall efforts against 97 board members in 2023. Sixteen of those board members faced recall elections. The recall elections were held on January 10, 2023, August 1, 2023, August 8, 2023, August 29, 2023, November 7, 2023, and December 12, 2023. The school board recall success rate was 13.4%.
The chart below details the status of 2023 recall efforts by individual school board member.
Recall 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
- Grand Blanc Community Schools, Michigan
- Recall campaigns in Michigan
- Political recall efforts, 2024
- Political recall efforts, 2023
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Genesee County Election Division, "Recalls," accessed February 12, 2024
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "Trump's fake electors charged by Michigan AG in alleged 2020 election scheme," July 18, 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 MLive.com, "Recall language approved for school board member charged with being fake elector for Trump," August 14, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Detroit Free Press, "3 local officials in Michigan charged in alleged election scheme under scrutiny," July 21, 2023
- ↑ Grand Blanc Community Schools, "Gran Blanc Board of Education 2023-2024," accessed August 1, 2023
- ↑ ABC 12 News, "Recall effort underway for Grand Blanc school board trustee charged with felonies," July 19, 2023
- ↑ Genesee County Clerk, "Recall Petition: Amy Facchinello," accessed August 1, 2023
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ ABC 12 News, "Recall effort hits halfway for Grand Blanc school board member," October 16, 2023
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Recall of Local Officials," accessed July 27, 2021
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