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Anna Hendricks recall, Allendale Public School District, Michigan (2023)
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An effort to recall Anna Hendricks from her position on the seven-member Allendale Public School District Board of Education in Michigan did not go to a vote in 2023. The petition language was rejected in a clarity hearing on September 12, 2023.[1][2][3][4]
Three previous recall petitions against Hendricks were rejected in clarity hearings on July 10, 2023, June 20, 2023, and May 17, 2023. A fourth was withdrawn from the petitioner on August 31, 2023.[3][5][6][7][8]
Recall supporters
The fifth recall petition filed against Hendricks mentioned her vote to withdraw the school district from the Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB) and to instead join the National School Board Leadership Council. The full board voted to stay with MASB.[1]
The recall petition that was filed against Hendricks in June 2023 stated:[6]
| “ | Anna Hendricks has displayed a pattern of acting outside of the best interests for Allendale Public Schools (APS) and its stakeholders. She has shown this by participating in a group text thread with 3 other APS board members where on December 26, 2022 she shared the following proposed actions: replacing the district’s legal counsel with Kallman Legal Group and terminating the district’s relationship with the Michigan Association of School Boards. These actions were proposed publicly at a January 9, 2023 APS Board of Education (BOE) meeting where Ms. Hendricks voted against giving 3 remaining APS BOE members more than one day to review the proposed actions. Further, she has failed to acknowledge the electronic quorum the group text thread established.[9] | ” |
The recall petition that was filed against Hendricks in May 2023 stated:[5]
| “ | On 1/9/2023, Anna Hendricks lied during a school board meeting stating that she had the same amount of time, 24 hours, as all other board members to review a motion to change legal counsel. As early as 11/21/2022 and through at least 1/7/2023, Anna Hendricks engaged in private conversations with two new and one current APS Board Member regarding the change in legal counsel. This directly violates the Michigan Open Meetings Ate which requires the Board meet in public when four or more members are present and/or if discussing matters that lead to a decision.[9] | ” |
Recall opponents
Hendricks spoke against the recall petitions in the clarity hearings on May 17, 2023, and June 20, 2023. She denied the allegations that she had broken the Michigan Open Meetings Act.[5][6]
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]
Before recall petitions can be circulated, the county election commission must approve the recall language.[5][6][7]
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.
See also
- Allendale Public School District, Michigan
- Recall campaigns in Michigan
- Political recall efforts, 2023
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Holland Sentinel, "Recall language approved against Zylstra, Bergman," September 13, 2023
- ↑ Ottawa County Election Commission, "Meeting Agenda: September 12, 2023," accessed September 5, 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Restore Ottawa, "Anna Hendricks Overcomes Fourth Recall Attempt and the Left Tries a Fifth Time," September 4, 2023
- ↑ Allendale Public Schools, "The Allendale Board of Education," accessed July 12, 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Ottawa County Elections Division, "Election Commission Minutes and Agendas: 05/17/2023," accessed July 12, 2023
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Ottawa County Elections Division, "Election Commission Minutes and Agendas: 06/20/2023," accessed July 12, 2023
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Holland Sentinel, "Recall language for APS official rejected for third time," July 10, 2023
- ↑ Ottawa County Election Commission, "Meeting Agenda: September 1, 2023," accessed August 29, 2023
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Recall of Local Officials," accessed July 27, 2021
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