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Eric Genrich recall, Green Bay, Wisconsin (2022)
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An effort in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to recall Mayor Eric Genrich was initiated in March 2022.[1] Recall organizers announced in May 2022 that the recall campaign was suspended.[2]
Recall supporters
The recall effort was organized by David VanderLeest in response to Genrich accepting nonprofit donations to assist in administering the 2020 election. Green Bay received about $1.8 million from the Center for Tech and Civic Life. The funds were used in part to cover payroll costs for voter navigators, cleaning products, voting equipment, and educational materials for residents.[1][3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Wisconsin
The number of valid signatures required for a recall election is 25% of the number of persons that voted in the last preceding election for the office of governor within the electoral district of the officer sought to be recalled. Each signer must be a qualified voter within the district represented by the officeholder being recalled, and the address of each signer must be located within that district.
Anyone who wants to circulate a recall petition is allowed to request from the appropriate filing officer the exact number of signatures required in the relevant political jurisdiction. When a filing officer receives such a request, they are required to make that determination and provide it to the person who requested the information.
About 11,000 signatures would have been needed in the recall effort against Genrich.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Green Bay Press Gazette, "Effort underway to recall Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich over group's donation to help run 2020 elections," March 31, 2022
- ↑ Fox 11, "Organizer of recall against Green Bay's mayor says effort will fall short," May 24, 2022
- ↑ Green Bay Press Gazette, "Green Bay election critics advance proposals to ban private funding, voter assistance," February 23, 2022
