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Gadsden Elementary School District recall, Arizona (2021)
| Gadsden Elementary School District recall |
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| Officeholders |
Gloria Torres Rosa Varela |
| Recall status |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2021 Recalls in Arizona Arizona recall laws School board recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall three of the five members of the Gadsden Elementary School District school board in Arizona did not go to a vote in 2021. Recall supporters withdrew the recall paperwork prior to the signature filing deadline that was scheduled for July 12, 2021.[1]
The recall effort began in March 2021. Guillermina Fuentes, Gloria Torres, and Rosa Varela were named in the recall petitions. Recall supporters would have had to submit 1,237 petition signatures to put the recall on the ballot.[2][3][4]
Recall supporters
The recall effort was started by Gary Snyder. He said he started the recall petition due to a grand jury indicting Fuentes on ballot harvesting charges in December 2020. He said he included Torres and Varela on the petition because of their political ties to Fuentes. "I think as a school board member you have to recuse yourself so the school board itself doesn't lose their respect and credibility," Snyder said.[2]
Recall opponents
Lizette Esparza, the school district's interim superintendent, said that none of the board members had been found guilty of any crime.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Arizona
Snyder filed recall paperwork to begin the process in March 2021.[3] He would have had to submit petitions with 1,237 signatures per board member by July 12, 2021, to put the recall on the ballot.[2]
2021 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 92 school board recall efforts against 237 board members in 2021. Recall elections against 17 board members were held in 2021. The school board recall success rate was 0.42%.
The chart below details the status of 2021 recall efforts by individual school board member.
See also
- Gadsden Elementary School District, Arizona
- Recall campaigns in Arizona
- Political recall efforts, 2021
- School board recalls
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Gadsden Elementary School District
- Yuma County Superintendent's Office
Footnotes
- ↑ KYMA News 11, "Gadsden school board recall effort withdrawn," July 8, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 KYMA News 11, "Recall effort targets Gadsden school board members," April 6, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yuma Sun, "Simultaneous Recalls Launched in San Luis," March 27, 2021
- ↑ Gadsden Elementary School District #32, "School Board," accessed June 29, 2021
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