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Mayor and city council recall, Alexandria, Louisiana (2023-2024)
| Mayor and city council recall |
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| Officeholders |
Jim Villard Lee Rubin |
| Recall status |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2024 Recalls in Louisiana Louisiana recall laws Mayoral recalls City council recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall Mayor Jacques Roy, Councilman Jim Villard, and Councilman Lee Rubin did not go to a vote in Alexandria, Louisiana.[1]
Recall supporters
The recall effort was organized by a group called Project Enough. Petitions, which were filed by Shicola Jones and Natosha Parker, stated the following as reasons for recalling the officials:[1][2]
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Have ignored and failure to put the citizens and residents of Alexandria needs. Failure to implement an adequate police recruiting and retention plan leading to low morale, bad leadership, and unsolved violent crimes. Failure to manage the colossal problems with the utility system (billing meter, readings, inconsistent cut off policies.) Failure to develop an economic development plan for the city. Lack of transparency. Bullying residents and business. Failure to address homeless.[3] |
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Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Louisiana
No specific grounds are required for recall in Louisiana. The recall process starts by filing a copy of the recall petition with the Louisiana Secretary of State. The number of signatures required on the petition depends on the size of the jurisdiction, with the smallest jurisdictions (fewer than 1,000 eligible voters) requiring signatures equal to 40% of eligible voters in the jurisdiction and the largest jurisdictions (100,000 or more eligible voters) requiring signatures equal to 20% of eligible voters in the jurisdiction.[4] Recall supporters have 180 days to circulate petitions.[5]
Petitions were filed with the secretary of state on September 19, 2023. Recall organizers had until March 17, 2024, to submit at least 6,329 valid signatures to put the recall election on the ballot.[1]
Recall context
- See also: Ballotpedia's Recall Report
Ballotpedia covers recall efforts across the country for all state and local elected offices. A recall effort is considered official if the petitioning party has filed an official form, such as a notice of intent to recall, with the relevant election agency.
The chart below shows how many officials were included in recall efforts from 2012 to 2024 as well as how many of them defeated recall elections to stay in office and how many were removed from office in recall elections.
See also
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Alexandria, Louisiana
- Recall campaigns in Louisiana
- Political recall efforts, 2024
- Political recall efforts, 2023
- Mayoral recalls
- City council recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 KALB, "Petitions seek to recall Alexandria Mayor Roy, two council members," September 20, 2023
- ↑ KALB, "WATCH: Petitions seek to recall Alexandria Mayor Roy, two council members," September 21, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Louisiana State Legislature, "House Bill 54," accessed February 5, 2019
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Recall an Elected Official," accessed February 17, 2023
