Nicole LaChapelle recall, Easthampton, Massachusetts (2023)
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An effort to recall Mayor Nicole LaChapelle failed to make the ballot in Easthampton, Massachusetts.[1] Recall organizers did not submit petitions by the deadline on July 13, 2023.[2]
The recall effort started after Easthampton's school board voted to rescind an offer to Dr. Vito Perrone to become the school's superintendent. The board initially voted 4-3 to offer Perrone the position on March 23, 2023. During contract negotiations later that month, the board voted in closed session on March 30, 2023, to rescind the offer. Perrone said that he was told the school committee was offended by his use of the word ladies to address an email. He said he was told the address was a microaggression.[3][4][5][6]
In April 2023, the school committee voted 2-5 against reopening negotiations with Perrone.[7] Another candidate was offered the position, but that candidate withdrew herself from consideration. In May 2023, the school committee voted to pause the superintendent search and begin steps to fill the position with an interim.[8]
Recall supporters
The recall affidavit stated the following reasons for recalling LaChapelle:[1]
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Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Massachusetts
The City Charter of Easthampton allows the recall of any person holding an elected city office. For an at-large office, recall organizers must gather 400 signatures for an affidavit containing the name of the officer sought to be recalled and a statement of the grounds for recall. The affidavit must include signatures of at least sixty voters in each of the city's give precincts.[10]
Petitioners then have 21 days to gather valid signatures equal to 20 percent of the total number of voters as of the date of the most recent city election.[10]
For the recall against LaChapelle, petitioners needed to gather 2,517 signatures by July 13, 2023.[1]
See also
- Recall campaigns in Massachusetts
- Political recall efforts, 2023
- Mayoral recalls
- Cynthia Kwiecinski recall, Easthampton Public Schools, Massachusetts (2023)
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Daily Hampshire Gazette, "Easthampton residents move to recall mayor over superintendent search," June 23, 2023
- ↑ Daily Hampshire Gazette, "Effort to recall Easthampton mayor dies; nomination papers now available for fall election," July 17, 2023
- ↑ MassLive, "Easthampton rescinds job offer for superintendent over term ‘ladies,’ candidate says," April 2, 2023
- ↑ Easthampton Public Schools, "School Committee Meeting Minutes March 23, 2023," accessed May 16, 2023
- ↑ Daily Hampshire Gazette, "Second Easthampton School Committee member resigns over superintendent search," April 30, 2023
- ↑ Easthampton Public Schools, "School Committee," accessed May 16, 2023
- ↑ MassLive, "Following ‘ladies’ debate, Easthampton residents seek recall of School Committee chair," April 12, 2023
- ↑ MassLive, "Nov. election could shake up Easthampton school board after ‘ladies’ controversy," May 8, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 City of Easthampton, Massachusetts, "Home Rule Charter," June 6, 2023
