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Molalla River School District recall, Oregon (2020)
| Molalla River School District recall |
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| Officeholders |
Mark Lucht Neal Lucht Craig Loughridge |
| Recall status |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2020 Recalls in Oregon Oregon recall laws School board recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall four of the seven members of the Molalla River School District Board of Directors in Oregon did not go to a vote in 2020. Linda Eskridge, Mark Lucht, Neal Lucht, and Craig Loughridge were named in the recall petitions. Recall supporters did not file petitions by the deadline on April 22, 2020. A total of 1,400 signatures were required per board member.[1][2]
Recall supporters
The recall effort was started by Molalla resident Michael Giard. "We live in a community that wants to enable and support our children," Giard said. "But we also live in a community that, in spite of its generosity, distrusts our school district. Our children are suffering with our current district leadership and that is what needs to change."[3]
The recall petitions against all four members included the same reasons for recall: "Perceived lack of fiscal responsibility and failure to hold school administration accountable."[1][4]
Recall opponents
In response to the recall effort, Loughridge said the four members were chosen "based on their tendency to vote their conscience rather than vote in lockstep with the other three board members to accomplish an agenda," according to the Molalla Pioneer.[3]
"I don't think they're interested in recalling all four of those board members," Loughridge said. "They're recalling four board members because the more members they potentially recall and put up for a vote, increases their odds of getting at least one member recalled. And I think they're just simply trying to change the balance of power on the board."[3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Oregon
The prospective recall petitions were submitted on January 23, 2020, and the county approved them for circulation on January 31, 2020. To get the recall on the ballot, recall supporters would have had to submit 1,400 signatures per board member by April 22, 2020.[1][3]
2020 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 29 school board recall efforts against 64 board members in 2020. Four recall elections were held in 2020. The school board recall success rate was 7.8%.
The chart below details the status of 2020 recall efforts by individual school board member.
See also
- Molalla River School District, Oregon
- Recall campaigns in Oregon
- Political recall efforts, 2020
- School board recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Clackamas County Elections, "Petitions: Inactive/Archived Petitions," accessed June 21, 2021
- ↑ Molalla River School District, "Board of Directors," accessed June 21, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Molalla Pioneer, "school board members still face recall," March 20, 2020
- ↑ Clackamas County Elections, "Prospective Petition: Recall 3-2020-MOLSD-R1," accessed June 21, 2021
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