• WoahWoah@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    A recall petition is precisely “voting them out.” It’s a mechanism for doing it before an election cycle.

    “I like you” and “I don’t like you” are exactly, for better or worse, how elections work. A recall is simply the demand of the people to run an election off-cycle if there is sufficient support. You aren’t going to get a recall petition certified if the only reason you don’t like someone is “you don’t like them,” but there are many reasons to recall a politician that don’t need to reach the level of malfeasance.

    Again. Politics not private business?

    I’m honestly struggling to understand why you wouldn’t support that idea.

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      5 months ago

      Many states require recalls be run for cause, I personally believe ALL recalls should be run that way.

      If you don’t have a reason for a recall beyond “feelings” then there is no reason for a recall.

      See how it works in Washington as a good example, this prevents frivolous recalls.

      https://ballotpedia.org/Laws_governing_recall_in_Washington

      “Article I, §33 of the Washington Constitution states that a recall can only occur if the targeted public official has “committed some act or acts of malfeasance or misfeasance while in office, or who has violated his oath of office.”[1]”

      Show the evidence, run the recall.

      No evidence? GTFO. See you next election.