Amy Sudbeck recall, Nemaha USD 115, Kansas (2021)
| Nemaha USD 115 recall |
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| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| November 2, 2021 |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2021 Recalls in Kansas Kansas recall laws School board recalls Recall reports |
A recall election seeking to remove Amy Sudbeck from her position as the District 1 representative on the Nemaha USD 115 Board of Education in Kansas was on the ballot on November 2, 2021.[1] A majority of voters cast no ballots, defeating the recall and keeping Sudbeck in office.[2]
The recall effort started after a majority of board members voted in April and May to keep the district's policy to require mask-wearing due to the COVID-19 pandemic rather than changing the policy to say masks were recommended.[1]
Sudbeck was appointed to her position on the seven-member board in 2020. She sought re-election in 2021.[1][3] She advanced from the primary on August 3, 2021, and was on the regular election ballot in addition to the recall election ballot on November 2, 2021.[4] She won re-election.[2]
To read about other recall efforts related to the coronavirus and government responses to the pandemic, click here.
Recall vote
Amy Sudbeck recall, 2021
Amy Sudbeck won the Nemaha USD 115 Board of Education Position 1 recall election on November 2, 2021.
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
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Yes |
25.0
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84 | |||
| ✔ | No |
75.0
|
252 | ||
Total Votes |
336 | ||||
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Recall supporters
The recall petition said Sudbeck failed to perform her duties and "alleges she violated Kansas Statute 60-5305 by not allowing parents to make decisions regarding the healthcare of their children when attending school," according to Many Signals Communications.[1]
Recall opponents
In response to the recall, Sudbeck said, "It's unfortunate that this issue has caused division in our community. I voted with the majority to allow our kids freedom to participate in activities, stay in school and keep them out of a quarantine invoked by the health department."[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Kansas
Recall supporters submitted the recall petition on July 12, 2021. The Nemaha County Clerk approved the recall for the ballot on August 4, 2021. Three signatures were required to get the recall on the ballot, and the clerk verified eight signatures.[1]
Ballotpedia covered 35 coronavirus-related recall efforts against 94 officials in 2022, accounting for 13% of recalls that year. This is a decrease from both 2020 and 2021. COVID-related recalls accounted for 37% of all recall efforts in both 2020 and 2021. In 2020, there were 87 COVID-related recalls against 89 officials, and in 2021, there were 131 against 214 officials.
The chart below compares coronavirus-related recalls to recalls for all other reasons in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
2021 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 92 school board recall efforts against 237 board members in 2021. Recall elections against 17 board members were held in 2021. The school board recall success rate was 0.42%.
The chart below details the status of 2021 recall efforts by individual school board member.
See also
- Nemaha USD 115, Kansas
- Recall campaigns in Kansas
- Political recall efforts, 2021
- School board recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Many Signals Communications, "Nemaha Central board member facing recall vote," August 6, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WIBW, "Election Results," accessed November 3, 2021
- ↑ Nemaha USD 115, "Board of Education Members," accessed August 12, 2021
- ↑ KSNT, "Dalinghaus wins school board race by draw," August 9, 2021
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