Jonathan Hall recall, Nashville, Tennessee (2022)
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An effort to recall Metro Councilmember Jonathan Hall did not qualify for the ballot in Nashville, Tennessee.[1][2]
Hall joined the Nashville Metro Council after winning a District 1 special election in 2018.[1]
Recall supporters
Resident Charles Scott initiated the recall campaign on July 15, 2022. Scott said that the reason for the recall campaign was that Hall had violated campaign finance laws. In April 2022, the Nashville Metro Council voted 33-0 to censure Hall for failing to file campaign finance disclosures for three years. The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance also fined Hall $360,000 for 36 campaign finance violations.[2][3]
Recall opponents
Hall gave the following comment on the recall campaign to The Tennessean: "You will hear the exact same group that didn't support me from the beginning ... trying to raise Cain about this and push this silly notion less than a year away from the actual election. ... But what you don't hear is from the overwhelming majority who says, 'Are you serious? This is ridiculous.'"[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Tennessee
Organizers needed to collect signatures from 15% of registered voters in Metro Council District 1 in order for a recall election to have been scheduled. They submitted 1,498 signatures, which was short of the threshold.[2]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Tennessean, "Petition underway to recall Nashville Council member Jonathan Hall," August 1, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Tennessean, "Petition effort to recall Nashville Council member Jonathan Hall fails," August 18, 2022
- ↑ The Tennessean, "Nashville council censures member Jonathan Hall for campaign finance violations," April 6, 2022
