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Anthony Clements and Benjamin Garcia recall, Iron River, Michigan (2024-2025)
| Anthony Clements and Benjamin Garcia recall |
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| Officeholders |
Benjamin Garcia |
| Recall status |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2025 Recalls in Michigan Michigan recall laws City council recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall City Councilors Anthony Clements and Benjamin Garcia did not go to a vote in Iron River, Michigan, after signatures were not submitted by the deadline to do so.[1][2]
Recall supporters
Iron River resident Mark Polley filed the recall petitions following a 3-2 vote by the city council to move Iron River City Hall. Regarding the move, Polley said, "It’s part of our community and the whole surrounding community. The city manager wanted to move to another building and I questioned it."[1]
Recall opponents
Regarding their votes to move city hall, Clements and Garcia have said the move would save the city money.[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.[3][4][5]
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
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Iron River, Michigan
- Recall campaigns in Michigan
- Political recall efforts, 2024
- Political recall efforts, 2025
- City council recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 WLUC, "Iron River council members may face recall," August 1, 2024
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Iron County Clerk/Register of Deeds Amy Donati," February 28, 2025
- ↑ Michigan Election Law, "Act 116 of 1954: 168.955 Recall petition; number of signatures; certification." accessed October 13, 2023
- ↑ 'Michigan Election Law, "Act 116 of 1954: 168.961 Recall petition; filing; receipt; duties of filing official; duties of city or township clerk; certificate; duties of village clerk; use of qualified voter file." accessed October 13, 2023
- ↑ Michigan Election Officials' Manual, "Chapter 18 Recall Process," August 2017
