Tim Sumner recall, Greenlee County, Arizona (2021-2022)

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Greenlee County Sheriff recall
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Officeholders
Tim Sumner
Recall status
Did not go to a vote
Signature requirement
924 signatures by January 20, 2022
See also
Recall overview
Political recall efforts, 2022
Recalls in Arizona
Arizona recall laws
Sheriff recalls
Recall reports

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]

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