Neil Bradshaw recall, Ketchum, Idaho (2020)
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An effort in Ketchum, Idaho, to recall Mayor Neil Bradshaw was initiated in August 2020. The recall petition was submitted to the city clerk on August 21, 2020. Petitioners needed to gather 508 signatures to put the recall election against Bradshaw on the ballot.[1]
To read about other recall efforts related to the coronavirus and government responses to the pandemic, click here.
Recall supporters
The recall effort was organized by Ketchum resident Biche Rudigoz. In the recall petition, Rudigoz accused Bradshaw of failing to adequately respond to the coronavirus pandemic, not working with the public or the city council, and compromising Ketchum's "small-town character" by granting waivers for building development that would exceed the normal 35-foot maximum height for buildings in the city's tourist zone.[1]
Recall opponents
In response to the recall effort, Bradshaw said, "If voters are not in agreement with the direction myself and the council are taking, they have every right to follow the legal process to voice their displeasure."[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Idaho
A recall election for a city official requires valid signatures equal to at least 20 percent of the number of electors registered to vote at the last general city election held in the city for the election of officers. Circulation of the recall petition must be completed within 75 days after the form of the recall petition is approved for circulation.
Petitioners needed to gather 508 signatures to put the recall election against Bradshaw on the ballot.[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.
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