Jesse Crow and Emily Morrison recall, Camden-Frontier Schools, Michigan (2023-2024)

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Camden-Frontier Schools recall
Officeholders
Jesse Crow and Emily Morrison
Recall status
Recall defeated
Recall election date
May 7, 2024
Signature requirement
348 signatures per board member
See also
Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2024 Recalls in Michigan Michigan recall laws School board recalls Recall reports

Recall elections against Jesse Crow and Emily Morrison, members of the Camden-Frontier Schools Board of Education in Michigan, were held on May 7, 2024. Crow defeated Ricky Hartman to stay in office, and Morrison defeated Sarah Wilcox to stay in office.

This was the second recall petition filed against Crow and Morrison in 2023. The first petition was rejected due to header formatting that invalidated a majority of the signatures.

The recall effort started after the board voted 4-3 to retire the school district's Redskins mascot. Crow and Morrison voted in favor of retiring the mascot. As of the time the recall started, Morrison was serving as the president of the seven-member board.

Recall vote

General election

Special general election for Camden-Frontier School, At-large

Incumbent Jesse Crow defeated Ricky Hartman in the special general election for Camden-Frontier School, At-large on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jesse Crow (Nonpartisan)	53.1	190
		Ricky Hartman (Nonpartisan)	46.9	168

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 358
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General election

Special general election for Camden-Frontier School, At-large

Incumbent Emily Morrison defeated Sarah Wilcox in the special general election for Camden-Frontier School, At-large on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Emily Morrison (Nonpartisan)	56.4	202
		Sarah Wilcox (Nonpartisan)	43.6	156

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Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing recall in Michigan

To get a recall on the ballot in Michigan, recall supporters must collect signatures equal in number to 25% of voters in the jurisdiction in the last gubernatorial election. They have 60 days between the collection of the first signature and the collection of the last signature on the petition. Recall petitions are eligible to collect signatures for 180 days.

The recall petitions were filed with the Hillsdale County Clerk on July 31, 2023. The Hillsdale County Election Commission approved the recall petitions for circulation at a clarity hearing on August 14, 2023.

To get the recall on the ballot, recall supporters had to collect 348 signatures per board member. They submitted 418 signatures against Crow and 414 signatures against Morrison on November 7, 2023. The county verified enough signatures to put the recall elections on the ballot, and the elections were scheduled for May 7, 2024. The filing deadline for candidates was December 26, 2023.

2024 recall efforts

See also: School board recalls

Ballotpedia has tracked 33 school board recall efforts against 72 board members in 2024. Recall elections against six of those board members are scheduled to be held on October 1, 2024, and November 5, 2024. Earlier recall elections in 2024 removed eight members from office and retained five members in office.

The chart below details the status of 2024 recall efforts by individual school board member.

2023 recall efforts

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Ballotpedia tracked 48 school board recall efforts against 97 board members in 2023. Sixteen of those board members faced recall elections. The recall elections were held on January 10, 2023, August 1, 2023, August 8, 2023, August 29, 2023, November 7, 2023, and December 12, 2023. The school board recall success rate was 13.4%.

The chart below details the status of 2023 recall efforts by individual school board member.

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

• Camden-Frontier Schools, Michigan
• Recall campaigns in Michigan
• Political recall efforts, 2024
• Political recall efforts, 2023
• School board recalls
• States that allow school board recalls

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