Michele Miller recall, Mexico Beach, Florida (2023-2024)

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Michele Miller recall
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Officeholders
Michele Miller
Recall status
Recall approved
Recall election date
April 16, 2024
Signature requirement
15% of registered voters
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
Yes
 
62.7
 
348
No
 
37.3
 
207
Total Votes
555


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

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