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Mayor and town council recall, Bishop, Georgia (2025)
| Mayor and town council recall |
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| Officeholders |
Chuck Hadden Deborah Lucas Hudson Holder |
| Recall status |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2025 Recalls in Georgia Georgia recall laws City council recalls Mayoral recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall Mayor Drew Kurtz and Town Councilors Chuck Hadden, Deborah Lucas, and Hudson Holder did not go to a vote in Bishop, Georgia, after the Oconee County Board of Elections found the recall applications to be legally insufficient.[1][2]
Recall supporters
Recall organizers alleged a lack of transparency, violation of the Georgia Code of Ethics for Government Service, financial mismanagement, and retaliatory behavior against citizens.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Georgia
Georgia allows the following grounds for recall: conducted himself or herself in a manner that adversely affects the administration of his or her office and adversely affects the rights and interests of the public; malfeasance while in office; violated his or her oath of office; misconduct; failure to perform duties prescribed by law; and willfully misused, converted, or misappropriated, without authority, public property or public funds entrusted to or associated with the elective office to which the official has been elected or appointed.[3] To get the recall on the ballot, supporters must collect signatures equal to 30% of the number of electors who were registered and qualified to vote in the preceding election for that office. Signatures must be collected within 90 days.[4][5]
See also
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Bishop, Georgia
- Recall campaigns in Georgia
- Political recall efforts, 2025
- City council recalls
- Mayoral recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Oconee Enterprise, "Group petitions to recall town leaders," February 26, 2025
- ↑ Oconee County Observations, "Oconee County Elections Board Rejects Petitions For Recall Of Bishop Mayor, Council Members After Review Of Submitted Documents," March 7, 2025
- ↑ 2022 Georgia Code, "§ 21-4-3 (2022)," accessed October 16, 2023
- ↑ 2022 Georgia Code, "§ 21-4-4 (2022)," accessed October 16, 2023
- ↑ 2022 Georgia Code, "§ 21-4-11 (2022)," accessed October 16, 2023
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