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Michele Miller recall, Mexico Beach, Florida (2023-2024)
| Michele Miller recall |
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| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| April 16, 2024 |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2024 Recalls in Florida Florida recall laws Mayoral recalls Recall reports |
An election to recall Mayor Michele Miller took place on April 16, 2024, in Mexico Beach, Florida.[1] Miller was removed from her position as mayor as a result of the recall vote. Richard Wolff won the special election to replace Miller.[2]
Miller was elected as mayor on April 18, 2023, defeating incumbent Al Cathey with 52.8% of the vote.[3]
Recall vote
Recall question
Michele Miller recall, 2024
Michele Miller lost the Mayor of Mexico Beach recall election on April 16, 2024.
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✖ | Yes |
62.7
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348 | ||
No |
37.3
|
207 | |||
Total Votes |
555 | ||||
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Replacement question
General election
Special general election for Mayor of Mexico Beach
Richard Wolff defeated Erik Fosshage in the special general election for Mayor of Mexico Beach on April 16, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Richard Wolff (Nonpartisan) | 58.5 | 290 | |
| Erik Fosshage (Nonpartisan) | 41.5 | 206 | ||
| Total votes: 496 | |||
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Recall supporters
The recall effort was initiated in response to Miller filing a lawsuit against the Mexico Beach City Council.[4] The lawsuit, filed on September 1, 2023, alleged that Miller had been denied access to city financial records since requesting access on April 28, 2023.[5]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Florida
Florida allows the following grounds for recall: malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, drunkenness, incompetence, permanent inability to perform official duties, and conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude.[6]
From the time that the recall petition is approved for circulation, signatures must be collected within 30 days. The number of signatures required depends on the number of registered voters in the jurisdiction. A minimum of 50 signatures are required in jurisdictions with fewer than 500 registered voters. In jurisdictions with 500 to 24,999 registered voters, a minimum of 100 to 1,000 signatures are required, or 10% of registered voters, whichever is higher. In jurisdictions with 25,000 or more registered voters, the number of signatures required is 1,000 or 5% of registered voters, whichever is higher.[7] The officeholder then has a chance to file a defensive statement. In the second round of signature collection, organizers have 60 days to collect signatures equal to 15% of registered voters from the officeholder's district.[7]
Petitions in the recall against Miller were filed on November 20, 2023.[4] Recall organizers submitted the first round of signatures on December 4, 2023.[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
- Recall campaigns in Florida
- Political recall efforts, 2024
- Political recall efforts, 2023
- Mayoral recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ WJHG, "Officials issue recall election for Mexico Beach mayor," February 7, 2024
- ↑ Bay County Supervisor of Elections, "Municipal Super Tuesday Election," accessed April 16, 2024
- ↑ Bay County Supervisor of Elections, "Municipal Super Tuesday Election," accessed December 7, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 WMBB, "Mexico Beach Mayor Michele Miller being recalled by residents," November 20, 2023
- ↑ WJHG, "Lawsuit filed against Mexico Beach city council," September 7, 2023
- ↑ The 2023 Florida Statutes, "100.361 Municipal recall." accessed October 16, 2023
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The 2020 Florida Statutes, "Fla. Stat. Ann §100.361," accessed August 24, 2021
- ↑ WMBB, "First petition to recall Mexico Beach Mayor Michele Miller was turned in Monday," December 5, 2023
