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JoAnn Windholz recall, Colorado House of Representatives (2015-2016)
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An effort to recall JoAnn Windholz, a member of the Republican Party, from her elected position representing District 30 in the Colorado House of Representatives was launched on December 1, 2015. Supporters of the recall needed to collect 4,714 valid signatures to move the recall forward.[1] Windholz was targeted for recall over her comments about the November 27 Colorado Springs shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic.[2]
The recall was abandoned by recall organizers on January 26.[3]
Timeline
- November 27, 2015: A shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs left three dead and nine injured.[4]
- December 1, 2015: Windholz made the comments, which began the recall effort.[2]
- January 26, 2016: Recall dropped by the organizers
Background
Recall JoAnn Windholz started their recall effort after Windholz posted the following on her Facebook page:
| “ | Violence – Where it starts.
The freedoms we enjoy in the United States include those that were made up to fit the audience and unsubstantiated numerical support, specifically the right to an abortion. When a violent act happens at a Planned Parenthood (pph) facility (most recent in Colorado Springs) the left goes on “auto-pilot” blaming everyone insight when they should be looking in a mirror. Free Speech has brought to light the insidious selling of baby body parts (pph has no shame). These facts and overall mission of the abortion industry would easily send anyone over the hill who wasn’t rational. The “war on women” is what pph began with Margaret Sanger and it has turned into a war on the family, especially children. It has changed children from a blessing to a commodity making it very hard to consider ourselves to be a civilized respectful rational society. Violence is never the answer but we must start pointing out who is the real culprit. The true instigator of this violence and all violence at any pph facility, is pph themselves. Violence begets violence. So pph, YOU STOP THE VIOLENCE INSIDE YOUR WALLS. My question is, if abortions were free at pph, how long would they stay in business? Pro-Life organizations offer their caring services saving women and children for free every day and they clean up the mess that pph leaves behind. Pray Daily for the women who abort, their children, and the providers. JW[5] |
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| —JoAnn Windholz, Facebook[6] | ||
After meeting in the comments section of The Colorado Independent's article on Windholz's statement, Steven Cohn and Naomi Hatfield Bigwood organized the recall effort against the representative.[2] Recall organizer Steven Cohn said on Windholz's remarks that, "I respect everyone’s beliefs until they talk about inflicting violence on fellow citizens…she seemed to condone anyone dying in the interest of stopping Planned Parenthood."[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Colorado
The number of valid signatures required to force a special recall election was 25% of the votes cast in the last election for the official being recalled.
Supporters of the JoAnn Windholz recall needed to submit 4,714 valid signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State to force a recall election.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Recall JoAnn Windholz, "Recall information," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Colorado Independent, "GOP lawmaker: Planned Parenthood is the ‘real culprit’ in the shooting," December 1, 2015
- ↑ The Colorado Independent, "Organizers drop recall efforts against Windholz, demanding she step down," accessed January 29, 2016
- ↑ Denver Post, "Planned Parenthood shooting: 3 killed, including 1 police officer in Colorado Springs," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Colorado Independent, "GOP lawmaker: Planned Parenthood is the ‘real culprit’ in the shooting," accessed December 7, 2015
