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Susan McLain recall, Oregon House of Representatives (2015)
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An effort to recall Susan McLain, a member of the Democratic Party, from her elected position representing District 29 in the Oregon House of Representatives was launched on April 15, 2015. Supporters of the recall needed to collect approximately 2,800 valid signatures within 90 days to move the recall forward.[1] McLain was targeted for recall over her support of firearm background checks and voting to under fund the state education system.[2][1] The recall was dropped after the recall group determined that they could not get the needed signatures before the deadline.[3]
Timeline
- April 14, 2015: The Oregon State Senate passed SB 941, which would require background checks for private gun sales.
- April 15, 2015: Oregonians for Social Accountability filed paperwork with the Secretary of State’s Office to recall Rep. Susan McLain.[2]
- May 11, 2015: Gov. Kate Brown (D) signed SB 941 into law.
- July 13, 2015: Recall dropped against Rep. McLain.[3]
Background
Oregonians for Social Accountability filed a petition against McLain for supporting background checks for private gun sales and voting to under fund the state education system.[1] Ben Busch, chief petitioner for the group, filed the petition because "Representative McLain stated she wanted to support our schools, yet voted in favor of HB 5017, an educational funding bill, that educators across the state said was not enough and would not allow schools to offer the top notch education our kids deserve. We deserve a state rep who will put our kids future first."[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Oregon
Oregon law states that to file a recall petition against legislators, it must come after the fifth day of the legislative session. All other elected officials in Oregon have a six-month waiting period. After a recall petition is approved, the petitioner must collect enough signatures to equal or exceed 15% of the total votes cast for governor, at the last election in McLain’s district within 90 days.[1] If petitioners collected enough valid signatures, McLain would of had 5 days to choose to resign. If she did not, the recall would have went to the ballot.[4]
Supporters of the recall needed to collect approximately 2,800 valid signatures within 90 days to force a recall election.[1] Paperwork to initiate the recall was filed by Oregonians for Social Accountability on April 15.[2]
On July 13, 2015, Oregonians for Social Accountability dropped the recall campaign against McLain after the group determined that they could not get the needed signatures in time.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Recall Chuck Riley, "Local Recall Group Refutes State Representatives Claim," accessed April 22, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "recall2" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Oregonlive.com, "Gun advocates hit three Oregon lawmakers with recall petitions -- warn more could be coming," accessed April 22, 2015(Archived)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Oregon Live, "Chuck Riley, Susan McLain recall drives dropped after sponsors miss signature goals," accessed July 14, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, " Recall an Elected Official," accessed April 22, 2015
