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Chester Public Utility District recall, California (2024)
| Chester Public Utility District recall |
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| Officeholders |
Steve Voboril Arthur Tharpe Steve Graffweg |
| Recall status |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2024 Recalls in California California recall laws Special district recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall Chester Public Utility District members Kimberly Green, Steve Voboril, Arthur Tharpe and Steve Graffweg began in January 2024. Recall organizers turned in signatures to the Plumas County Board of Supervisors on April 23.[1] On May 21, the Plumas County Board of Supervisors announced that the recall petition failed to gather a sufficient number of signatures to hold a special election.[2]
Recall supporters
Recall supporters alleged that the Chester Public Utility District members demonstrated "gross mismanagement" and failed to provide first-responder services to Chester.[3]
Recall opponents
The board members targeted in the recall denied the allegations of mismanagement and said that voters would have the opportunity to decide the future of the fire department would be.[3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in California
No specific grounds are required for recall in California. The recall process starts with a notice of intention to recall. The notice must be served to the officer whose recall is being sought as well as published in a newspaper of general circulation. The notice must then be filed with the relevant election office. Once the notice has been deemed sufficient by the election office, a petition must also be filed and approved by the election office. Once the petition is approved, it can be circulated. To get a recall on the ballot, supporters must collect signatures from registered voters in the jurisdiction. The number of signatures required is between 10% and 30% of registered voters in the jurisdiction, depending on the size of the jurisdiction. Jurisdictions with 1,000 registered voters or fewer require 30%, and jurisdictions with 100,000 or more registered voters require 10%. Charter cities can also set their own signature threshold. The amount of time allowed for the circulation of recall petitions also varies by the number of registered voters in a jurisdiction, between 40 and 160 days. Jurisdictions with fewer than 1,000 registered voters allow 40 days, and jurisdictions with more than 50,000 registered voters allow 160 days.[4]
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
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2024
- Special district recalls
- Plumas County, California
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Plumas Sun, "Chester fire measures fail," accessed June 11, 2024
- ↑ The Plumas Sun, "Chester recall fails," accessed June 11, 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Plumas Sun, "Chester fire tax in voters’ hands," accessed June 11, 2024
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Recall Procedures Guide 2023," accessed October 16, 2023
