Andrea Burney-Obershaw recall, Bay City, Michigan (2025)

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Andrea Burney-Obershaw recall
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Officeholders
Andrea Burney-Obershaw
Recall status
Underway
Signature requirement
25% of votes cast in the preceding gubernatorial election
See also
Recall overview
Political recall efforts, 2025
Recalls in Michigan
Michigan recall laws
City council recalls
Recall reports

An effort to recall Ward 3 City Commissioner Andrea Burney-Obershaw is underway in Bay City, Michigan.[1]

Recall supporters

Dennis Banaszak filed the recall petition. The reason given for the recall effort was Burney-Obershaw's conviction for domestic violence in 2023.[1]

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing recall in Michigan

No specific grounds are required for 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.[2][3][4]

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.


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