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How to initiate a recall
From Ballotpedia
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Thirty-nine states have provisions allowing for recall of certain elected officials at the local and/or state level.[1][2] The procedures for initiating a recall vary because of differences in state laws. The map below shows which states have recall provisions and which do not.
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States with recall provisions
To read about recall laws in states with recall provisions, click on the state names below.
States with no recall provisions
States with no known recall provisions are as follows:
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Recall Elections Blog, "Hawaii: Hawaii County Recall law discussed in potential charter change," February 17, 2019
- ↑ WCAX 3, "Underhill says ‘yes’ to recalling selectboard member," October 20, 2021
- ↑ One New Hampshire statute says that municipalities may optionally incorporate the right of recall in municipal charters. However, a second statute does not include recall in its list of allowable citizen powers. As a result, according to an email dated January 3, 2011, from David Scanlan, the Deputy New Hampshire Secretary of State to Leslie Graves, Ballotpedia's editor, "The courts in New Hampshire have not supported recall provisions in municipal charters because they are not granted that authority in state statute."
