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Archie Simonson recall, Dane County Circuit Court, Wisconsin (1977)
| Archie Simonson recall |
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| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| September 7, 1977 |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 1977 Recalls in Wisconsin Wisconsin recall laws Special district recalls Recall reports |
An election to recall Dane County Circuit Court Judge Archie Simonson was held on September 7, 1977. Voters recalled Simonson.[1]
Recall organizers submitted 36,343 signatures. Of the submitted signatures, 35,319 were found to be valid.[2]
Recall vote
Six candidates ran in the recall election. Moria Krueger received 27,244 votes, Simonson received 18,435, Daniel Moeser received 15,250, William Smith received 8,446, Robert Burr received 5,190, and Worth Piper received 3,342.[3]
Recall supporters
The recall effort was initiated following remarks Simonson made during a juvenile sexual assault case. Simonson said, "This community is well known to be sexually permissive" and "It is really wide open and are we supposed to take an impressionable person 15 or 16 years of age who can respond to something like that and punish that person severely because they react to it normally?"[3][4]
The Committee to Recall Judge Archie Simonson organized the recall effort.[3]
See also
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Dane County Circuit Court, Wisconsin
- Recall campaigns in Wisconsin
- Special district recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Time Magazine, "The Nation: There Goes the Judge," September 19, 1977
- ↑ New York Times, "Around the Nation," July 29, 1977
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Woliver, Laura. Feminism at the Grassroots: The Recall of Judge Archie Simonson. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 11, 2/3. (1990): 111-119.
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Transcript of Judge's Rape Comments Released," August 26, 1977
