Harold Gray recall, Nisland, South Dakota (2017)
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An effort in Nisland, South Dakota, to recall Town Board Chairman Harold Gray from his position was launched in October 2016. Carleen Colhoff, the town's finance officer, presented a recall petition from unnamed voters to the town board on October 5, 2016.[1]
Recall supporters
No rationale for recall was publicly available as of October 13, 2016.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in South Dakota
Recall organizers had to gather and submit signatures totaling at least 15 percent of the registered voters in Nisland. The town board was unable to accept the petition from Colhoff because Gray is targeted for recall and the other two board members signed the petition. Gray told attendees at the meeting that the county or another town would need to handle verification of the petition prior to scheduling an election.[1]
On November 4, 2016, Circuit Court Judge Mike Day ruled that his court had no jurisdiction over the matter due to a delay in the petition to the court. Day's ruling indicated that a challenge to the recall had to be filed in court within five days of the recall petition's delivery, while the court petition did not arrive until 12 days after delivery. Board members Bev Lewis and Ed Elwood planned to discuss the recall election at a town meeting on November 14, 2016.[2]
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See also
- Recall campaigns in South Dakota
- Political recall efforts, 2016
- Political recall efforts, 2017
- City council recalls
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