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Greg Holt and Jayson Wedge recall, Auburn Union Elementary School District, California (2024)
| Auburn Union Elementary School District recall |
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| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2024 Recalls in California California recall laws School board recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall two of the five members of the Auburn Union Elementary School District board of trustees in California did not go to a vote in 2024. Recall supporters suspended the recall campaign before the deadline to submit petitions.[1]
The recall effort began in April 2024. Greg Holt and Jayson Wedge were named in the notices of intent to recall.[2][3] At the time the notices of intent were filed, Holt was serving as president of the board.[3]
Recall supporters
Arguments for recall against Holt
The notice of intent to recall Holt included the following reasons for recall:[2]
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Arguments for recall against Wedge
The notice of intent to recall Wedge included the following reasons for recall:[2]
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Recall opponents
In response to the recall effort against him, Wedge said he stood by his decision to nominate Holt as the board's president. He said he believed Holt could "best lead the district through our then fiscal crises." Wedge also said the district "was on the verge of going into receivership."[2]
"In a little over a year of being a trustee and voting yes on many difficult decisions, we are showing a positive budget over the next 3 years," Wedge said. "And currently we are out of our previous fiscal crises. With continued declining enrollment in our district and our state dealing with their own fiscal shortfalls more difficult decisions will have to be made. But having a state run public school system in Auburn is not something that the community of Auburn wants."[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in California
No specific grounds are required for recall in California. The recall process starts with a notice of intention to recall. The notice must be served to the officer whose recall is being sought as well as published in a newspaper of general circulation. The notice must then be filed with the relevant election office. Once the notice has been deemed sufficient by the election office, a petition must also be filed and approved by the election office. Once the petition is approved, it can be circulated. To get a recall on the ballot, supporters must collect signatures from registered voters in the jurisdiction. The number of signatures required is between 10% and 30% of registered voters in the jurisdiction, depending on the size of the jurisdiction. Jurisdictions with 1,000 registered voters or fewer require 30%, and jurisdictions with 100,000 or more registered voters require 10%. Charter cities can also set their own signature threshold. The amount of time allowed for the circulation of recall petitions also varies by the number of registered voters in a jurisdiction, between 40 and 160 days. Jurisdictions with fewer than 1,000 registered voters allow 40 days, and jurisdictions with more than 50,000 registered voters allow 160 days.[5]
To get the recalls against Holt and Wedge on the ballot, recall supporters would have had to collect approximately 4,600 signatures, which was equal to 20% of registered voters in the school district.[2]
2024 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 40 school board recall efforts against 83 board members in 2024. Recall elections in 2024 removed 14 members from office, including three who resigned before the election, and retained seven members in office. The school board recall success rate was 13.4%.
The chart below details the status of 2024 recall efforts by individual school board member.
Recall context
- See also: Ballotpedia's Recall Report
Ballotpedia covers recall efforts across the country for all state and local elected offices. A recall effort is considered official if the petitioning party has filed an official form, such as a notice of intent to recall, with the relevant election agency.
The chart below shows how many officials were included in recall efforts from 2012 to 2024 as well as how many of them defeated recall elections to stay in office and how many were removed from office in recall elections.
See also
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Auburn Union Elementary School District, California
- Auburn Union Elementary School District, California, elections
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2024
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Save Auburn Schools post June 24, 2024," accessed July 9, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Gold Country Media, "Community members file recall paperwork against 2 Auburn Union School District trustees," April 16, 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Auburn Union School District, "Board of Trustees," accessed May 2, 2024
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Recall Procedures Guide 2023," accessed October 16, 2023
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