Jose Segarra and Ramon Alvarez recall, Killeen, Texas (2023)

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Jose Segarra and Ramon Alvarez recall
Officeholders
Jose Segarra Ramon Alvarez
Recall status
Did not go to a vote
Signature requirement
50% of voters in the last municipal election in which at-large city councilors were elected
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An effort to recall City Councilmen Jose Segarra and Ramon Alvarez did not go to a vote in Killeen, Texas.

Recall supporters

Former Killeen City Councilman Jonathan Okray filed a petition to recall Segarra and Alvarez on June 28, 2023, in response to the passage of Proposition A in 2022, which decriminalized marijuana possession under four ounces. The petition reads in part, "Officials not only allowed a proposition inconsistent with the Constitution and laws prescribed by the Legislature of the State to be offered to the electorate for consideration, but they also canvassed and adopted the proposition into ordinance, in direct violation of the Constitution of the state, applicable state laws, and City Charter provisions."

Bell County has filed a lawsuit against the City of Killeen over the proposition. Okray has described the money the city has voted to spend to defend against the lawsuit as "the straw that broke the camel’s back."

Recall opponents

Alvarez told the Killeen Daily Herald, "We had an election for Proposition A, an ordinance that was brought forth by a private organization — legally. It went to the voters, not by choice of the council. It was their right to take it to the ballot when we turned it down." Segarra could not be reached for comment.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing recall in Texas

According to the city's code of ordinances, "A recall petition for the mayor or an at-large councilmember must be signed by qualified electors of this city equal in number to more than fifty percent (50%) of the total number of voters in the last municipal election at which three at-large councilmembers and the mayor were elected."

Segarra and Alvarez were both elected as at-large members of the Killeen City Council.

Organizers had until July 31, 2023, to collect 2,037 signatures for each of the recall petitions. Okray told the Killeen Daily Herald that the petition for Segarra received 19 signatures and the petition for Alvarez received 21 signatures. Okray indicated his intent to refile.

See also

• Recall campaigns in Texas
• Political recall efforts, 2023
• City council recalls

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