Gadsden Elementary School District recall, Arizona (2021)

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Gadsden Elementary School District recall
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Officeholders
Guillermina Fuentes
Gloria Torres
Rosa Varela
Recall status
Did not go to a vote
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.

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