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Ellie Householder recall, Antioch, California (2021-2022)
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An effort in Antioch, California, to recall Clerk Ellie Householder was initiated in November 2021.[1] On June 6, 2022, the group organizing the recall announced that not enough signatures had been collected to put the recall on the ballot.[2]
Recall supporters
The recall effort was organized by the group Recall Ellie Householder, which accused the city clerk of violating the California Public Records Act. Petition language can be read below:[3]
| “ | The grounds for the recall are as follows: You violated the California Public Records Act (Government Code 6253) by failing to provide a copy of a public document to the records department at Antioch City Hall and thus hindered a constituent from their right to inspect a public record. You rejected the first drafted petition to recall the Antioch mayor without including a statement of what alterations to the petition were necessary (Elections Code 11042(c)). You then rejected a second petition citing election code 107(b), which is not applicable to the recall effort. You ignored the proponents request to send your findings via email, instead choosing to send them via certified mail at a cost to the city and cited elections code 11224 as your reason to not email them. Election code 11224 refers to the certification process of approved petitions that have already been signed by registered voters and was erroneously cited. You omitted emails from a Public Records Request, once again violating the California Public Records Act. This misuse and misapplication of Election Codes and continued violations of Government Code 6253 illustrates your inability to do the job in which you were elected and warrants your removal.[4] | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in California
Householder was served with a notice of intent to recall on November 30, 2021.[1] Recall organizers were required to submit valid signatures equal to 15% of registered voters in the city—9,511 signatures—to put the recall election on the ballot.[5]
See also
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2021
- Political recall efforts, 2022
- City official recalls
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 East County Today, "Antioch City Clerk Hit With Notice of Intention to Circulate a Recall Petition," November 30, 2021
- ↑ East County Today, "Recall of Antioch City Clerk Ellie Householder Effort Ends," June 6, 2022
- ↑ Facebook, "Recall Ellie Householder," June 6, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ East Bay Times, "Disgruntled Antioch residents seek to remove mayor, school trustee/city clerk from office," December 5, 2021
