Candice Voynick recall, Glide School District, Oregon (2023)
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An effort to recall Candice Voynick from her position on the Glide School District Board of Education in Oregon ended with her resignation on April 5, 2023.[1] The recall effort began in March 2023.[2]
Voynick was re-elected to a four-year term on the five-member board in May 2021. She was serving as chair of the board at the time of her resignation.[3][4]
Recall supporters
The recall petition was filed by Abigail Malek. The petition alleged that Voynick violated board policies. Malek said there had been a lack of transparency with the board. She also said the board had not upheld district policies and had not acted in good faith regarding meeting business.[2]
Recall opponents
In response to the recall effort, Voynick said she had followed through on her obligations and commitments to the district and its staff and students. "As a Board member, I stand by this commitment and will continue to do my due diligence to fulfill this commitment," Voynick said.[2]
In her resignation letter, Voynick said:[5]
| “ | I’m proud of the accomplishments, the obstacles and the hardships we have overcome in order to pursue and advocate for the district, administration, staff, teachers and students. However, due to perpetuated community strife it has become difficult and challenging for the board to focus on the district business and goals, including addressing the gaps in learning from the impact of the pandemic, school safety, formatting a strategic plan and the hiring of a permanent superintendent.[6] | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Oregon
The Douglas County Clerk approved the recall petitions for circulation on March 27, 2023. To get the recall on the ballot, supporters would have had to collect 542 signatures from registered voters in the school district by June 19, 2023.[2]
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
- Glide School District, Oregon
- Recall campaigns in Oregon
- Political recall efforts, 2023
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
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Footnotes
- ↑ News Radio 1240 KQEN, "GLIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR RESIGN," April 6, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 News Radio 1240 KQEN, "RECALL CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY AGAINST GLIDE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR," March 31, 2023
- ↑ The News-Review, "Recall campaign underway against Glide school board chair," April 4, 2023
- ↑ Glide School District, "Board Members," accessed April 5, 2023
- ↑ The News-Review, "Glide school board chair, vice chair resign ahead of executive meeting," April 5, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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