Judd Blevins recall, Enid, Oklahoma (2023-2024)

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Judd Blevins recall
Officeholders
Judd Blevins
Recall status
Recall approved
Recall election date
April 2, 2024
Signature requirement
234 signatures
See also
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An election to recall Ward 1 City Commissioner Judd Blevins was scheduled for April 2, 2024, in Enid, Oklahoma. Voters recalled Blevins.

Recall vote

General election

Special general election for Enid City Council, Commissioner Ward 1

Cheryl Patterson defeated incumbent Judd Blevins in the special general election for Enid City Council, Commissioner Ward 1 on April 2, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cheryl Patterson (Nonpartisan)	59.6	829
		Judd Blevins (Nonpartisan)	40.4	561

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Recall supporters

The Enid Social Justice Committee initiated the recall effort. On its website, the committee said, "Enid City Commissioner Judd Blevins embraces the same Nazi ideology we defeated almost 80 years ago. He marched with neo-Nazis and other hate groups in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017. He’s been linked to chat room posts planning that violent march, posting hate group propaganda on campuses and in parks across Oklahoma, and recruiting new members to the hate group Identity Evropa."

James Neal, the vice chair of the committee, said “Our initial desire was for either Judd Blevins to address these questions and denounce any sense of neo-Nazism or white supremacy or for Enid’s leadership to step up and get those answers and demand those answers,” and “Neither of those things have occurred, and we are left to take it to the voters, to the people, to address the issue. Because simply not answering the allegations is simply not acceptable.”

Recall opponents

In a comment, Blevins said:

“

I am confident that I am the best to represent my neighbors in Ward 1. They elected me because they believed I was the best candidate who shared their values, their concerns and their hopes for the future of Enid. Since May, I have voted for the movie theater that will be coming to Ward 1 and approved infrastructure projects in Ward 1, like the expansion of Garland and Randolph and the stormwater drainage improvements to The Meadows. And I am excited to welcome Texas Roadhouse to Ward 1 and honored to attend their soft opening! Regrettably, this fringe group has chosen to continue a smear campaign against me and if they insist on going forward with this process, it will be an added cost to taxpayers. What’s profoundly sad is the fact that they cannot even honor the wishes of my predecessor, the late Mr. Jerry Allen. During his farewell remarks on May 1, 2023, he said, ‘Mr. Blevins deserves the respect of the office and I hope you give him the opportunity that I was given many years ago.’ But in the next election, I will also have a track record to run on and it’s a record that I am proud of.

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing recall in Oklahoma

No specific grounds are required for recall in Oklahoma. The recall of local officials in Oklahoma is governed by local charters. Because of this, recall laws regarding signature requirements and circulation time vary by locality.

Recall organizers estimated they needed 234 signatures in order to trigger a recall election. They submitted 276 valid signatures.

Recall context

See also: Ballotpedia's Recall Report

Ballotpedia covers recall efforts across the country for all state and local elected offices. A recall effort is considered official if the petitioning party has filed an official form, such as a notice of intent to recall, with the relevant election agency.

The chart below shows how many officials were included in recall efforts from 2012 to 2023 as well as how many of them defeated recall elections to stay in office and how many were removed from office in recall elections.

See also

• Ballotpedia's Recall Report
• Enid, Oklahoma
• Recall campaigns in Oklahoma
• Political recall efforts, 2023
• Political recall efforts, 2024
• City council recalls

External links

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• Enid, Oklahoma
• Enid Social Justice Committee website