John Noffsker recall, Rio Grande County, Colorado (2020)
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An effort to recall John Noffsker from his position on the Rio Grande County Board of County Commissioners in Colorado did not go to a vote in 2020. Recall supporters did not collect enough signatures within the 60-day period. The effort began in August 2020. Recall supporters said that Noffsker's actions violated county policies and procedures and "illustrate misfeasance and malfeasance." Noffsker refuted the allegations.[1][2]
Recall supporters
The petition included the following reasons for recall:
| “ | Creating hostile county employment environments resulting in volunteer and forced resignations and internal personnel chaos. Creating adversarial environments and chaos with other elected officials. Incompetence, not being prepared for meetings, and failure to grasp issues facing the county where important decisions were to be made on behalf of the county, which in turn is a failure to perform the oath of office. As an elected official, failure to effectively communicate with his constituency. Conducting himself in an inappropriate manner to his peers, subordinates and external citizens including, but not limited to, acting in a volatile, confrontational and unprofessional manner.
Failure to follow state and county policies, procedures and statutes including, but not limited to, open meeting laws.[1][3] |
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Recall opponents
Noffsker disputed all of the allegations included in the petition. Four county officials also said they did not agree that the county had an adversarial environment or that there was chaos among the elected officials.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Colorado
To get the recall on the ballot, recall supporters had to collect 909 signatures from registered voters in Rio Grande County in 60 days.[1][4] They did not collect enough signatures within that time period.[2]
See also
- Rio Grande County, Colorado
- Recall campaigns in Colorado
- Political recall efforts, 2020
- County commission recalls
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Monte Vista Journal, "Petition circulates to recall Noffsker," August 4, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 South Fork Tines, "Petition to recall Noffsker falls short," October 1, 2020
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ South Fork Tines, "Letter to the Editor: It is the essence of democracy in action," August 27, 2020
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