This week's question was, How many recall efforts have we tracked since Jan. 1?

You answered: 76.
The correct answer was 149.

From January 1 through June 21, 2023, Ballotpedia covered 149 recall efforts against 227 officials.

Unlike 2022 when school board officials drew more recall petitions than any other group by mid-year, city council officials have been subject to more recall attempts of any officeholder type in 2023. City council officials ultimately drew more recall petitions than other officeholder types by the end of 2022, and so far in 2023, they account for 46% of recall targets across all office types.

As of June, the state with the highest number of officials targeted in recall efforts is Michigan with 71. Michigan also had the highest number of officials targeted for recall in 2022. The next two states are California with 28 and Colorado with 24. However, the state with the most recall attempts relative to its population is North Dakota with 0.9 recalls per 100,000 residents. Michigan follows North Dakota with 0.71 recalls per 100,000 residents.

Read more about recall efforts in the first half of the year here.

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