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Mike Kipp recall, Nampa School District, Idaho (2021)
| Nampa School District recall |
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| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| March 9, 2021 |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2021 Recalls in Idaho Idaho recall laws School board recalls Recall reports |
A recall election seeking to remove Mike Kipp from his position as the Zone 2 representative on the Nampa School District board of trustees in Idaho was held on March 9, 2021.[1] A majority of voters cast ballots against the recall, defeating the effort.[2]
The recall effort started after Kipp cast the sole dissenting vote against allowing sports to resume during the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with the rest of the board, he also supported keeping students in online-learning in September 2020 while the county was under red alert status for COVID-19 cases.[3]
Kipp was first appointed to the board in August 2019 and then elected to a four-year term after running unopposed in the November 2019 election.[4][5][6]
To read about other recall efforts related to the coronavirus and government responses to the pandemic, click here.
Recall vote
In order for the recall to be approved, a majority of voters would have had to cast ballots in favor. The total number of votes cast in favor of recall would also have had to equal or be greater than the number of votes that first put the board member in office.[1]
Mike Kipp recall, 2021
Mike Kipp won the Nampa School District Board of Trustees Zone 2 recall election on March 9, 2021.
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
Yes |
46.7
|
436 | |||
| ✔ | No |
53.3
|
497 | ||
Total Votes |
933 | ||||
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Recall supporters
Recall supporters said that they were not being represented on the board and that their voices had not been heard at board meetings on multiple occasions. "We feel that as a zone, we are not being represented as a majority by Kipp," the recall petition said.[1]
Recall opponents
In response to the recall effort, Kipp said, "I have done my best to listen well to all input from teachers, students, patrons, our superintendent, other district leaders and all relevant experts. I then seek to utilize that information in determining my vote."[3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Idaho
The recall election was held on March 9, 2021. In order for it to be successful, a majority of voters would have had to vote in favor of the recall. The total number of votes cast in favor of recall would have also had to be equal or greater than the number of votes that first put the board member in office.[1]
Ballotpedia covered 35 coronavirus-related recall efforts against 94 officials in 2022, accounting for 13% of recalls that year. This is a decrease from both 2020 and 2021. COVID-related recalls accounted for 37% of all recall efforts in both 2020 and 2021. In 2020, there were 87 COVID-related recalls against 89 officials, and in 2021, there were 131 against 214 officials.
The chart below compares coronavirus-related recalls to recalls for all other reasons in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
2021 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 92 school board recall efforts against 237 board members in 2021. Recall elections against 17 board members were held in 2021. The school board recall success rate was 0.42%.
The chart below details the status of 2021 recall efforts by individual school board member.
Related recalls
- Idaho Falls School District 91 recall, Idaho (2020-2021)
- Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 recall, Idaho (2020-2021)
- West Ada School District recall, Idaho (2020)
- Aaron Proctor recall, Whitepine School District, Idaho (2020)
See also
- Nampa School District, Idaho
- Recall campaigns in Idaho
- Political recall efforts, 2021
- School board recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Idaho Ed News, "Trustees in Nampa, Idaho Falls face recall elections," February 11, 2021
- ↑ KTVB 7, "Election results: Idaho school levies and bonds," March 10, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Idaho Press, "Local voters to see school levy, recall elections March 9," February 9, 2021
- ↑ Nampa School District, "Mike Kipp Appointed to Zone 2 Trustee Seat," August 19, 2019
- ↑ Nampa School District, "Past Elections," accessed February 16, 2021
- ↑ Nampa School District, "Board of Trustees," accessed February 16, 2021
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