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City council recall, Waldport, Oregon (2025)
| Waldport city council recall |
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| Officeholders |
Susan Woodruff Rick Booth Jayme Morris Michelle Severson Jerry Townsend |
| Recall status |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2025 Recalls in Oregon Oregon recall laws City council recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall Greg Dunn, Susan Woodruff, Rick Booth, Jayme Morris, Michelle Severson, and Jerry Townsend is underway in Waldport, Oregon.[1]
Recall supporters
Waldport resident Tony Thimakis filed the recall petitions. The reasons given in the petitions for the recall effort include the council's 6-0 vote to remove Waldport Mayor Heide Lambert, allowing the city manager to speak on the council's behalf, dismissing complaints about the city manager without investigating them, preventing the mayor from responding to the concerns of citizens, and that the council "condoned the city manager’s attempts to cause reputational and fiscal injury to residents and groups including slanderous statements, calling employers and filing complaints with various agencies."[1][2]
Recall opponents
According to the Lincoln Chronicle, Townsend said of the recall effort, "I have faith that the citizens of Waldport are going to see what the six of us are made of. …I hope it ends some of this rancor that has been going on for the last seven months or so. I think it may wind up being healthy."[1]
Regarding the council's relationship with the city manager, the Lincoln Chronicle reported that Townsend said, "I’m never going to give up my right to influence what happens in the city as long as I’m on city council," and "That’s what I was elected to do. And that’s what I’m always going to do. I will not bow down or follow somebody blindly because he happens to be city manager. We hire him. We’re his boss. That’s the relationship we have with him."[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Oregon
No specific grounds are required for recall in Oregon. To get the recall on the ballot, supporters must collect signatures equal to 15% of the votes cast in the last regular gubernatorial election in the relevant jurisdiction. Signatures must be collected within 90 days.[3]
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
- Waldport, Oregon
- Recall campaigns in Oregon
- Political recall efforts, 2025
- City council recalls
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