Nick Knoth recall, Columbia, Missouri (2023-2024)
| Nick Knoth recall |
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| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| April 2, 2024 |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2024 Recalls in Missouri Missouri recall laws City council recalls Recall reports |
An election to recall Ward 1 City Councilman Nick Knoth was scheduled for April 2, 2024, in Columbia, Missouri. Voters recalled Knoth.[1][2][3]
Recall vote
Nick Knoth recall, 2024
Nick Knoth lost the Columbia City Council Ward 1 recall election on April 2, 2024.
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✖ | Yes |
57.6
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537 | ||
No |
42.4
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396 | |||
Total Votes |
933 | ||||
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Recall supporters
ABC 17 News reported that the recall petition read, "We, the undersigned registered and qualified voters of the 1st Ward of the City of Columbia (in the county of Boone and state of Missouri) request that Nick Knoth, the Council Member representing the 1st Ward, be recalled due to his acceptance of a lobbyist position which creates a professional conflict of interest and leaves Knoth unable to reasonably represent his constituents."[4]
Recall opponents
In a statement to ABC 17 News, Knoth said, "I will engage on any potential conflict of interest determination with the city legal team. I will always be cautious, as anyone is, to be conscious of potential conflicts of interest. I have already engaged the General Counsel of the Missouri Ethics Commission to ensure there is no overarching conflict of interest between my service as a councilman and my day job. Again, like anyone, I must remain vigilant for potential conflicts, however unlikely they may be."[4]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Missouri
Recall organizers needed to collect signatures equal to 30% of the number of votes cast for Knoth's seat in the preceding election. Columbia City Clerk Sheela Amin has said the number of signatures required to trigger a recall election for Knoth would be 336. Of the signatures recall organizers submitted, 370 were verified.[1][5]
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
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Columbia, Missouri
- Recall campaigns in Missouri
- Political recall efforts, 2023
- Political recall efforts, 2024
- City council recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Columbia Missourian, "First Ward residents begin recall petition for Councilman Nick Knoth," October 16, 2023
- ↑ Columbia Missourian, "Ward 1 recall effort will join contests for Wards 2, 6," January 10, 2024
- ↑ Columbia Missourian, "Nick Knoth ousted by First Ward voters in Columbia recall election," April 2, 2024
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ABC 17 News, "First Ward residents petition to recall City Councilman Nick Knoth over lobbyist role," October 19, 2023
- ↑ KMIZ, "Petition against Columbia Councilman Nick Knoth gains enough signatures for recall vote," December 28, 2023
