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Floyd Prozanski recall, Oregon State Senate (2015)
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An effort to recall Floyd Prozanski, a member of the Democratic Party, from his elected position representing District 4 in the Oregon State Senate was launched on June 12, 2015. Supporters of the recall needed to collect a total of 8,415 valid signatures by September 4, 2015, to move the recall forward. The group behind the recall, named Recall Senator Floyd Prozanski, was motivated by Senator Floyd Prozanski's support of Senate Bill 941, which proposed more strict background checks for private gun sales. Prozanski was the chief sponsor of the bill.[1] The recall failed to make the ballot because supporters failed to submit enough valid signatures.[2]
Timeline
- April 14, 2015: The Oregon State Senate passed SB 941.
- May 4, 2015: The Oregon House of Representatives passed SB 941.
- May 11, 2015: Gov. Kate Brown (D) signed SB 941 into law.
- June 12, 2015: Patricia Michaelson-Duffy filed paperwork with the secretary of state's office to recall Sen. Floyd Prozanski and it was approved.[3]
- September 4, 2015: Deadline to submit the signatures.
- September 11, 2015: The office of the secretary of state announced that the recall failed to gather enough valid signatures.[2]
Background
Patricia Michaelson-Duffy, a Lane County Republican precinct committeeperson, filed a recall petition against Prozanski for sponsoring a bill that required background checks for private gun sales (SB 941). Michaelson-Duffy said on SB 941 that it turned "law-abiding citizens into criminals for storing a firearm in a friend’s safe or safeguarding one for a person who has no safe place for their firearm."[4] Michaelson-Duffy also criticized Prozanski for not allowing enough public testimony on SB 941, and for also including an "emergency clause" in the bill, which stopped the law from being referred to the ballot.[4]
Other reasons from the Recall Senator Floyd Prozanski website for Prozanski to be recalled include:
| “ | In 2013, he voted for HB3194A providing a pathway for early release of dangerous sexual criminals. Senator Prozanski voted yes on SB933 (2013), giving illegal aliens drivers’ licenses, which voters rejected by over 66%. He voted yes on HB 2787 (2013), providing lower college costs to illegal aliens than legal citizens receive. He also voted for Cover Oregon, SB99 (2011), the failed $305 million website and HB2001 (2009), which wasted $200 million on planning for a new Columbia River bridge that was not built. He has failed his constituents spending too much time in Salem listening to special interest groups. Recall Senator Prozanski.[5] | ” |
| —Recall Senator Floyd Prozanski[6] | ||
On August 12, 2015, the Oregon Democracy Fund filed a election law complaint against the recall campaign with the secretary of state's office. The Oregon Democracy Fund accused the recall campaign of violating signature gathering laws. The complaint alleged that employees at some gun stores helped gather signatures, making them paid petitioners who did not register with the secretary of state. The Oregon Democracy Fund also said that the gun store employees also failed to supervise petitions to make sure they witnessed every signature. The same complaint was made during the recall campaign of Rep. Val Hoyle (D).[7]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Oregon
Oregon law states that to file a recall petition against a state legislator, the petition must be filed after the fifth day of the legislative session. All other elected officials in Oregon have a six-month waiting period. After a recall petition is approved, the petitioner must collect enough signatures to equal or exceed "15 percent of the total votes cast for governor, at the last election in the public officer’s district" within 90 days of the date the petition was filed.[8][9] If petitioners had collected enough valid signatures in this recall effort, Prozanski would of had five days to choose to resign. If he did not resign, the recall would of went to the ballot.[8][9]
Supporters of the recall needed to collect 8,415 valid signatures within 90 days to force a recall election.[3] Paperwork to initiate the recall was filed by Patricia Michaelson-Duffy on June 12.[3] The deadline to turn in the requested signatures to force a recall vote was September 4, 2015.[10] The secretary of state's election division announced on September 11, 2015, that the recall failed to gather enough valid signatures. The recall group submitted 10,027 signatures to the secretary of state, but only 8,209 signatures were considered valid. The recall fell short by 206 signatures.[2]
Recent news
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See also
- Recall campaigns in Oregon
- Political recall efforts, 2015
- State legislative recalls
- John Sweet recall, Coos County, Oregon (2015)
- Coos County "Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance" Initiative, Measure 6-151 (November 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ oregonlive.com/, "Recall petition filed against another Oregon legislator over gun background check bill," accessed June 15, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Oregon Live, "Attempt to recall Floyd Prozanski fails to make ballot, ending attempts to oust gun bill supporters," accessed September 14, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Facebook.com, "Recall Senator Floyd Prozanski," accessed June 15, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 registerguard.com, "Eugene’s Sen. Prozanski targeted in recall," accessed June 15, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Recall Senator Floyd Prozanski, "Main page," accessed June 15, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Live, "Recall campaign against Oregon legislator hit with election-law complaint," accessed August 21, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 blueoregon.com, "Hoyle, McLain, and Riley face recalls by gun activists (even though that's dumb) ," accessed April 22, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Oregon Secretary of State, " Recall an Elected Official," accessed April 22, 2015
- ↑ nrtoday.com, "Gun advocates target Eugene senator for recall," accessed August 7, 2015
