Gold Hill City Council recall, Oregon (2014)
| Gold Hill City Council recall |
|---|
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| Officeholders |
Lorraine Parks Dough Reischman Gus Wolf |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| August 26, 2014 |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2014 Recalls in Oregon Oregon recall laws City council recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall city council members Margaret Dials, Lorraine Parks, Doug Reischman and Gus Wolf in Gold Hill, Oregon from their positions was launched in June 2014.[1]
The recall election took place on August 26.[2] All four council members survived the recall attempt.[3]
Recall results
The following are the official results for the recall election:[4]
| Margaret Dials recall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Recall | 118 | 40.14% | ||
 Retain | 176 | 59.86% | ||
| Lorraine Parks recall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Recall | 113 | 38.31% | ||
| Retain | 182 | 61.69% | ||
| Doug Reischman recall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Recall | 118 | 40% | ||
| Retain | 177 | 60% | ||
| Gus Wolf recall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Recall | 116 | 39.06% | ||
| Retain | 181 | 60.94% | ||
Recall proponent arguments
Recall proponents cite as grounds for recall a vote by the four targeted council members to allow medical marijuana dispensaries within the city limits, as well as the failure of the council to put the question to a public vote. Recall organizer and Gold Hill Budget Committee member Deb West said, "This could have been so simple. All they had to do was put this to a vote of the people, and they chose not to."[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Oregon
Recall proponents will have 90 days to collect the signatures needed to trigger a recall election. If sufficient signatures are collected, the targeted members will have five days to resign or submit a "statement of justification," which puts the recall to a vote. Jackson County Clerk Chris Walker estimated that a recall election would cost the city between $1,000 and $1,500.[1] Supporters turned in 63 signatures for each of the targeted officials, a dozen more than required for all of them. The signatures were verified and ballots were mailed to registered voters.[5] The deadline to submit ballots was August 25.[1]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mail Tribune, "Recall effort started against Gold Hill councilors," June 7, 2014
- ↑ KDRV, "Gold Hill Dispensary and Recall," August 13, 2014
- ↑ Northwest Public Radio, "Gold Hill Councilors Survive Recall Attempt," August 26, 2014
- ↑ Jackson County Clerk, "Official recall election results," accessed October 6, 2014
- ↑ Mail Tribune, "Marijuana dispensary recall in Gold Hill progresses," July 12, 2014
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