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Gloria Torres and Jose Ponce recall, San Luis, Arizona (2021)
| San Luis City Council recall |
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| Officeholders |
Jose Ponce |
| Recall status |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2021 Recalls in Arizona Arizona recall laws City council recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall City Council Members Gloria Torres and Jose Ponce did not qualify for the ballot in San Luis, Arizona.[1] According to the San Luis City Clerk's Office, Snyder withdrew the applications for recall on July 21, 2021.[2]
For information on a separate effort to recall Torres and two other members from the Gadsden Elementary School District school board, please click here.
Recall supporters
San Luis resident Gary Snyder led the recall effort.
Snyder gave several reasons for initiating the recall effort against Torres. He said that Torres had violated election law by wearing a hat with the San Luis logo during campaign events in 2020. He also alleged that city's 2013 decision to hire Torres' daughter as its community development director was nepotistic. Finally, Snyder suggested that Torres was the political ally of Guillermina Fuentes, who was indicted for collecting and delivering ballots on behalf of voters during the 2020 primary election.[3]
Snyder said that Ponce was one among several council members who failed to represent their constituents in that they "choose what is best for them not for the residents who pay taxes."[1][4]
Recall opponents
In response to the recall effort, Torres said, "Like I've said before, there are [regular] elections in which [opponents] can run against us, if they don't like the job we're doing."[1]
Ponce responded, "I haven’t received a complaint from any resident about my work on the council. ... [Snyder] has every right to promote a recall, but I don’t understand his reasons."[4]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Arizona
Snyder needed to collect 447 signatures for each recall petition.[4][3] He ended the recall effort on July 11, 2021, according to the San Luis City Clerk's Office.[2] The deadline to submit signatures for Torres' recall petition would have passed two days later.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Press Reader, "Recall effort dropped against San Luis school board members," July 16, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ballotpedia Staff, "Email communication with San Luis City Clerk Sonia Cornelio," July 26, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Yuma Sun, "Simultaneous recalls launched in San Luis," March 27, 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Yuma Sun, "San Luis resident launches third recall against officeholders," April 10, 2021
