Mary Hamlin recall, Banning, California (2022)
| Mary Hamlin recall |
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| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| December 13, 2022 |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2022 Recalls in California California recall laws City council recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall District 3 City Councilwoman Mary Hamlin ended with her resignation.[1] An election to fill her vacant seat was scheduled for December 13, 2022.[2]
Recall vote
Recall question
Though Hamlin resigned from office, her recall still appeared on the ballot.
Mary Hamlin recall, 2022
Mary Hamlin lost the Banning City Council District 3 recall election on December 13, 2022.
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✖ | Yes |
95.5
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2,576 | ||
No |
4.5
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122 | |||
Total Votes |
2,698 | ||||
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Replacement question
Voters were asked to select Hamlin's successor.
General election
Special general election for Banning City Council District 3
Sheri Flynn defeated Michele Walter in the special general election for Banning City Council District 3 on December 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sheri Flynn (Nonpartisan) | 64.2 | 1,719 | |
| Michele Walter (Nonpartisan) | 35.8 | 958 | ||
| Total votes: 2,677 | |||
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Recall supporters
Recall organizers said that they opposed Hamlin's support for a warehouse development. The development was planned to be constructed near a memory care and hospice facility. In an editorial in the Record Gazette, recall campaign leader Sheri Flynn wrote:[3]
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The entire city council, did a great disservice to the Sun Lakes community, by voting for the zone change that opened the door to a 620,000-square-foot industrial warehouse just feet from a memory care and hospice facility and directly across from a well established 6,000-plus senior residential community. The environmental impact report (EIR) and zone change from commercial/retail to industrial warehouse was prepared and passed under the cover of COVID — a time when no one would leave their homes and most were glued to the numbers ticking off on their TV screens. Once Sun Lakers found out about the warehouse, almost a year after the zone change and EIR were already approved, you ridiculed and dismissed our valid concerns of harmful air and noise pollution, increased traffic and the overall lowering of our quality of life. Mary Hamlin claimed that it was only a few vengeful people who wanted her recalled. All those who were eager to sign the recall proved that arrogant assumption wrong.[4] |
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Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in California
Organizers initiated the recall process on March 9, 2022, by filing a notice of intent to circulate a recall petition.[5] They needed to collect 1,259 signatures to force a recall election to be scheduled.[3]
The Riverside County Registrar of Voters validated 1,604 signatures out of the 1,686 that were submitted.[3]
After Hamlin resigned from the city council, an election to fill the vacant District 3 seat was called for December 13, 2022.[3]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Record Gazette, "Aug. 26, 2022," September 1, 2022
- ↑ City of Banning, California, "CITY OF BANNING NOTICE OF ELECTION," September 6, 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Record Gazette, "Aug. 26, 2022," September 1, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ City of Banning, California, "Special Recall Election - December 13, 2022," accessed September 23, 2022
