Mary-Ann Baldwin recall, Raleigh, North Carolina (2021)
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| 2021 Mary-Ann Baldwin recall: Raleigh, N.C. |
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An effort in Raleigh, North Carolina, to recall Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin was initiated in July 2021.[1] Recall organizers suspended the effort, citing complications arising from Covid-19 and a change to the date of regularly scheduled elections in 2022.[2]
Recall supporters
The recall effort was organized by a group called Livable Raleigh. On their website, recall supporters cited the following as reasons for a recall election:[3]
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The event that pushed Livable Raleigh over the edge and forced us to initiate this Recall was the Mayor’s Power Grab to add an extra 8 months to her term in office by moving the next City Council election from Oct 2021 to Nov 2022 to handle the census delay while the vast majority of other NC municipalities have moved their elections to Mar 2022 and Raleigh could have done the same. It’s not just that she added the extra months. It’s that she engineered the whole thing in secret, behind closed doors, with no public notice, no public hearing and no public vote. This action has been widely criticized by elected officials and the media. And, on top of that she also changed the form of our city election to a “Plurality” which eliminates the possibility of a run-off. The winner does not have to get over 50% of the vote. This is widely considered to favor incumbents. Livable Raleigh held two public meetings to gather input from the people of Raleigh. Exactly what this mayor REFUSED to do. The overwhelming sentiment of the people was to approve of going forth with the effort to recall the mayor.[4] |
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Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in North Carolina
Raleigh's city charter requires that recall organizers submit valid signatures equal to 25 percent of the number of votes cast in Raleigh's last election. For the recall effort against Baldwin, petitioners needed 13,745 signatures.[1]
See also
External links
- Government website of Raleigh, North Carolina
- Livable Raleigh official website
- Livable Raleigh on Facebook
- Livable Raleigh on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Indy Week, "The Recall Effort Targeting Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin Looks Poised to Fail, But Proponents Say the Recall Mechanism Will Be Needed When the Council Switches to Even-Year Elections," September 29, 2021
- ↑ Livable Raleigh, "News Update from Livable Raleigh," accessed February 4, 2022
- ↑ Livable Raleigh, "The case for Recalling Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin," July 23, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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