Rich Sykes recall, Mountain Home, Idaho (2020)

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2020 Rich Sykes recall: Mountain Home, Idaho
Recall status
Did not go to a vote
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Recall supporters Recall opponents Path to the ballot
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An effort in Mountain Home, Idaho, to recall Mayor Rich Sykes was initiated in June 2020. Recall organizers failed to submit enough signatures to put the recall election on the ballot.

To read about other recall efforts related to the coronavirus and government responses to the pandemic, click here.

Recall supporters

Petitioners accused Sykes of using a police training facility to work out while private gyms in Mountain Home were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Sykes was also accused of damaging financial stability and the freedom of residents and small businesses with lockdown orders.

Recall opponents

In response to the recall effort, Sykes said, "I am proud of the work that we have done as a City thus far and look forward to continued progress in the coming years. I love this city too much to be bullied into silence by those who feign outrage to advance their own agenda."

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing recall in Idaho

A recall election for a city official requires valid signatures equal to at least 20 percent of the number of electors registered to vote at the last general city election held in the city for the election of officers. Circulation of the recall petition must be completed within 75 days after the form of the recall petition is approved for circulation.

Petitions were approved for circulation on June 16, 2020. Recall organizers were required to submit 1,255 valid signatures by August 31, 2020, to put the recall election on the ballot.

Recalls related to the coronavirus

See also: Recalls related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and government responses to the pandemic

Ballotpedia covered 35 coronavirus-related recall efforts against 94 officials in 2022, accounting for 13% of recalls that year. This is a decrease from both 2020 and 2021. COVID-related recalls accounted for 37% of all recall efforts in both 2020 and 2021. In 2020, there were 87 COVID-related recalls against 89 officials, and in 2021, there were 131 against 214 officials.

The chart below compares coronavirus-related recalls to recalls for all other reasons in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

See also

• Recall campaigns in Idaho
• Political recall efforts, 2020
• Mayoral recalls

External links

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• Government website of Mountain Home, Idaho