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Don Overcash recall, Loveland, Colorado (2021)
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An effort to recall City Council Member Don Overcash did not qualify for the November ballot in Loveland, Colorado. Recall organizers submitted sample petition language to Loveland City Clerk Delynn Coldiron on June 25, 2021. The draft petition was later rejected.[1][2]
Recall supporters
The Committee to Recall Don Overcash initiated the recall effort.[1] Organizers listed the following grounds for the recall on their website:[3]
- "Fails to hold police accountable as liaison"
- "Inappropriate relationships with director level officials"
- "Backs big business and big donors"
- "Violates sunshine laws"
- "Makes a mockery of city council and executive privilege"
- "Holds financial interests of big corporations in higher regard than those of Loveland"
- "Bought and paid for"
- "Attacks citizens from the dais and in the paper"
- "Bad for small business"
- "Does not represent and serve the majority of his elected ward"
Recall opponents
Overcash, who ran for Mayor of Loveland in 2021, called the recall effort "purely politics" and said, “I’m running to be the next mayor of Loveland because we need to unite Loveland. ... Everyone wants to be heard, understood and then see action.”[4][5]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Colorado
Organizers would have needed to collect 1,295 signatures, which represented 25% of Ward IV residents who voted in the most recent city council election.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Loveland Reporter Herald, "Group submits petition in effort to recall Don Overcash from Loveland City Council," June 25, 2021
- ↑ Loveland Reporter Herald, "City of Loveland closes campaign finance complaint against opponents of Overcash recall," September 2, 2021
- ↑ Recall Overcash, "Why Recall Overcash?", accessed July 1, 2021
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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