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Christine Dye recall, Cedar Grove School District, New Jersey (2022)
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An effort to recall Christine Dye from her position as a member of the Cedar Grove School District Board of Education in New Jersey resulted in her resignation. The Essex County Clerk's Office verified enough petition signatures to put a recall election against Dye on the ballot. She resigned instead of having her name be put on the ballot.[1][2]
The recall petitions seeking to remove Dye from her position were approved for circulation in April 2022.[3] The Essex County Clerk's Office certified that enough signatures had been collected on June 30, 2022.[1]
Dye served as the board's president in the spring of 2021 when the district sent students in grades three through 12 a survey without consent from parents. The survey asked students about their gender, race, and religious affiliation. The New Jersey Commission of Education ruled that sending out the survey violated two state statutes.[3][4]
In response to the recall effort, Dye wrote a letter to the editor saying that all five board members had agreed to send out the survey. She also said, "Violating a state statute is not the same as breaking the law." Dye said that the Commission of Education did not fine or punish the board.[5]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in New Jersey
To get the recall on the ballot, recall supporters had to collect signatures equal to 25% of the number of registered voters within the district at the last general election. The number of signatures needed was 2,802. Recall supporters filed 3,032 signatures, and the county clerk certified enough to put the recall on the ballot. The county notified Dye of the signature certification on June 30, 2022.[1]
2022 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 54 school board recall efforts against 123 board members in 2022. Recall elections against school board members were held on January 11, 2022, January 18, 2022, January 24, 2022, February 15, 2022, March 29, 2022, April 4, 2022, and November 8, 2022. The school board recall success rate was 7.3%.
The chart below details the status of 2022 recall efforts by individual school board member.
See also
- Cedar Grove School District, New Jersey
- Recall campaigns in New Jersey
- Political recall efforts, 2022
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tap into Verona/Cedar Grove, "More Than 3,000 Cedar Grove Residents Sign Petition to Recall Board of Education Member," July 7, 2022
- ↑ New Jersey Globe, "Cedar Grove school board member resigns to avoid recall over gender identity survey," August 3, 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tap into Verona/Cedar Grove, "Petition to Recall Cedar Grove BOE Member is Approved by County Clerk," April 7, 2022
- ↑ New Jersey Globe, "School gender identity survey lead to recall election, claims of harassment and intimidation," July 8, 2022
- ↑ Tap into Verona/Cedar Grove, "Christine Dye: The Real Me," April 11, 2022
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