City council recall, Dolton, Illinois (2016)
| Dolton Village Trustees recall |
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| Officeholders |
Tiffany Henyard Robert Hunt Jr. |
| Recall status |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2016 Recalls in Illinois Illinois recall laws City council recalls Recall reports |
An effort in Dolton, Illinois, to recall Village Trustees Stan Brown, Tiffany Henyard and Robert Hunt Jr. from their positions was launched in November 2015.[1] The effort did not go to a vote due to a lack of sufficient signatures.[2]
Recall supporters
Mayor Riley Rogers led the recall effort against Brown, Henyard and Hunt. Rogers, who was elected in 2013 along with the three trustees, cited efforts by the targeted officials to block his proposals.[1]
Responses by Brown, Henyard and Hunt
The three targeted trustees filed a lawsuit in county court seeking invalidation of the recall ordinance on September 24, 2015. In January 2015, an appeals court panel determined that the village board's vote to create a recall law was invalid. The judgment determined that residents of Dolton would need to vote to approve a recall vote to change local law.[3]
In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, Brown criticized the mayor for spending money on a recall effort rather than infrastructure.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Illinois
The Dolton Village Board passed an ordinance allowing recalls of local officials in June 2015. The ordinance was passed with a 4-3 vote with Rogers breaking a deadlock. Brown, Henyard and Hunt voted against the ordinance. Rogers and other supporters needed a minimum of 891 signatures, which equalled 25 percent of the 3,565 votes cast in the 2013 mayoral election. The deadline for delivery of signatures to the Cook County Clerk's Office was December 14, 2015.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chicago Sun-Times, "BGA Public Eye: Dolton voters may get shot to recall trustees," November 28, 2015
- ↑ Recall Elections Blog, "Illinois: Dolton recall attempts fail," January 11, 2016
- ↑ Cook County Record, "Dolton recall ordinance struck down, appeals panel says must first be OK'd by voters," January 18, 2016
