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Mayor and city council recall, Hillsdale, Michigan (2024)
| Hillsdale mayor and city council recall |
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| Officeholders |
Greg Stuchell |
| Recall status |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2024 Recalls in Michigan Michigan recall laws Mayoral recalls City council recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall Mayor Adam Stockford and Councilman Greg Stuchell did not go to a vote in Hillsdale, Michigan. Recall organizers did not file signatures by the deadline to do so on October 26, 2024.[1]
A separate effort to recall Stockford was withdrawn on April 10, 2024.
Recall supporters
Jansen recall
The recall effort was organized by Hillsdale resident Ted Jansen. Petitions stated that Stockford and Stuchell should be recalled over votes in favor of granting a municipal waste service contract to LRS when a lower bid was made by Granger Waste Services.[2]
Swan recall
Penny Swan's recall, which was withdrawn on April 10, 2024, stated as grounds for recall that "Stockford voted no on every street project, the last one being Aug. 21, 2023."[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Michigan
No specific grounds are required for recall in Michigan. To get a recall on the ballot in Michigan, recall supporters must collect signatures equal in number to 25% of voters in the jurisdiction in the last gubernatorial election. They have 60 days between the collection of the first signature and the collection of the last signature on the petition. Recall petitions are eligible to collect signatures for 180 days.[3][4][5]
Jansen filed the recall petition with the Hillsdale County Clerk's Office on April 15, 2024. Petitions were approved for circulation after a clarity hearing was held on April 29, 2024. Petitioners were required to gather 620 valid signatures against Stockford and 135 valid signatures against Stuchell by October 26, 2024, to put the recall on the ballot.[2][6]
Swan's petition was filed on April 5, 2024, and was withdrawn prior to the clarity hearing scheduled for April 16, 2024.[7][8]
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
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Hilldale County Chief Deputy Clerk Abe Dane," November 25, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hillsdale Daily News, "New recall effort underway for Hillsdale mayor, councilman also targeted," April 16, 2024
- ↑ Michigan Election Law, "Act 116 of 1954: 168.955 Recall petition; number of signatures; certification." accessed October 13, 2023
- ↑ 'Michigan Election Law, "Act 116 of 1954: 168.961 Recall petition; filing; receipt; duties of filing official; duties of city or township clerk; certificate; duties of village clerk; use of qualified voter file." accessed October 13, 2023
- ↑ Michigan Election Officials' Manual, "Chapter 18 Recall Process," August 2017
- ↑ Hillsdale Daily News, "Recall efforts against Hillsdale’s mayor, Stuchell in jeopardy," August 14, 2024
- ↑ Hillsdale Daily News, "Recall effort against Hillsdale’s mayor ends five days after filing," April 12, 2024
- ↑ WLNS, "Hillsdale Mayor no longer facing recall effort," April 11, 2024
