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Tim Sumner recall, Greenlee County, Arizona (2021-2022)
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An effort to recall Tim Sumner (R) from his position as sheriff of Greenlee County, Arizona, did not go to a vote in 2022. To get the recall on the ballot, recall supporters would have had to collect 924 signatures by January 20, 2022.[1][2][3]
Sumner won re-election to his second four-year term in the general election on November 3, 2020. He defeated three other candidates with 36.21% of the vote.[2][4]
Recall supporters
The recall effort was started by Billy Waters, a former mayor of Duncan, Arizona. Waters said he started the recall effort due to a high turnover rate in the sheriff's department and because Sumner admitted to speeding regularly.[1]
“He said he wants to be held accountable so I’m going to hold him accountable,” Waters said. “I don’t think I’ll have any problems getting 924 signatures, I think I’ll get at least 1,300. Everybody I’ve talked to is saying the same things about the sheriff as I am. It’s not OK for him to speed just because he’s the sheriff.”[1]
Recall opponents
Sumner did not comment on the recall effort.[1]
Documents were released to the media in the summer of 2021 showing that Sumner had driven over the speed limit on a trip to Phoenix. In response to those documents, Sumner said the GPS tracking system equipment in deputies' cars was faulty. He also said, “It’s dangerous to go the speed limit in a fully marked patrol car. To me it’s ridiculous and crazy for me to sit here and to try to have to articulate that and explain that to somebody and it’s only Tim Sumner out of every police officer, not only in Arizona, but across this country and it’s all politically motivated.”[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Arizona
Waters filed the recall paperwork on September 23, 2021. To get the recall on the ballot, Waters would have had to collect 924 signatures by January 20, 2022.[1][3]
See also
- Greenlee County, Arizona
- Recall campaigns in Arizona
- Political recall efforts, 2021
- Political recall efforts, 2022
- Sheriff recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Eastern Arizona Courier, "Recall petition taken out against Sheriff Sumner," September 25, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Greenlee County Elections Department, "2020 General Election Unofficial Results," accessed October 4, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gila Valley Central, "Recall Efforts Under Way In Greenlee, Cochise Counties," November 2, 2021
- ↑ Gila Valley Central, "Lunt, Sumner Win Re-Election In Greenlee County," November 5, 2020
