Robertson Fire Protection District recall, St. Louis County, Missouri (2022)
| Roberston Fire Protection recall |
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| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| November 8, 2022 |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2022 Recalls in Missouri Missouri recall laws Special district recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall all three members of the Robertson Fire Protection District began in 2022. The recalls of Joan Noel, Becky Reinsmith, and Mike Conley were approved by voters in the election held on November 8, 2022. Jennifer Guyton, Steve Field, and Maggie Sieve were elected to replace the recalled officeholders.
Citizens to Save Hazelwood and Fire Services submitted the required 2,300 signatures for the recall of Noel, Reinsmith, and Conley to the St. Louis County Board of Elections. A recall election was scheduled for November 8, 2022. Replacement candidates were voted on simultaneously with the recall vote.[1] The filing deadline for replacement candidates was August 19, 2022.[2]
Recall vote
Mike Conley recall, 2022
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✖ | Yes |
54.5
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773 | ||
No |
45.5
|
646 | |||
Total Votes |
1,419 | ||||
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Becky Reinsmith recall, 2022
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✖ | Yes |
55.4
|
782 | ||
No |
44.6
|
629 | |||
Total Votes |
1,411 | ||||
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Joan Noel recall, 2022
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✖ | Yes |
54.0
|
766 | ||
No |
46.0
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653 | |||
Total Votes |
1,419 | ||||
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General election
Special general election for Robertson Fire Protection (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the special general election for Robertson Fire Protection on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jennifer Guyton (Nonpartisan) | 21.7 | 792 | |
| ✔ | Steve Field (Nonpartisan) | 20.7 | 758 | |
| ✔ | Maggie Sieve (Nonpartisan) | 20.7 | 755 | |
| Mike Conley (Nonpartisan) | 12.8 | 469 | ||
| Becky Reinsmith (Nonpartisan) | 12.4 | 455 | ||
| Joan Noel (Nonpartisan) | 11.7 | 427 | ||
| Total votes: 3,656 | |||
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Recall supporters
The recall petition from the Citizens to Save Hazelwood and Fire Services listed four complaints:[3]
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Refusal to lower costs to Hazelwood for service, retaliation against a resident critic, failure to turn over public records, and selling district property for less than market value. [4] |
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Recall opponents
The Robertson Fire Protection District posted the following statement on its website:[5]
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For more than 70 years the Robertson Fire Protection District has proudly served our community by providing quality fire, rescue, and emergency medical services. We will continue to do so despite the efforts by the leadership of the City of Hazelwood. [4] |
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Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Missouri
The November 8, 2022, ballot included both a yes/no and a replacement question.
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- https://rfpd.org/
- https://stlouiscountymo.gov/st-louis-county-government/board-of-elections/
Footnotes
- ↑ Hazelwood citizens seek to recall fire district directors, “FOX 2”, accessed September 7, 2022
- ↑ St. Louis County Board of Elections, "7-18-22 board meeting," July 18, 2022
- ↑ Entire Robertson Fire District board to face recall. Residents have new candidates in mind, “St. Louis Post Dispatch”, July 19, 2022
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Robertson Fire Protection District, accessed September 12, 2022
