Kimberly Ho and Carlos Manzo recall, Westminster, California (2021-2022)
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An effort to recall Councilmembers Kimberly Ho and Carlos Manzo did not qualify for the ballot in Westminster, California.[1]
Organizers submitted 2,381 valid signatures against Ho, which was short of the number needed to force a recall election to be held.[1] They later submitted 2,878 signatures against Manzo to the city clerk. The recall against Manzo also did not go forward, after only 1,907 of these signatures were verified.[2][3][4]
For information on the 2020 campaign to recall members of the Westminster City Council, please click here.
Recall supporters
According to the Orange County Register, organizers initiated the recall campaign after Ho and Manzo voted in June 2021 to postpone the construction of a war monument, commemorating the 1972 Battle of Quang Tri, at Freedom Park in Westminster.[5][6]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in California
Organizers needed to collect signatures from 20% of registered voters in each district, or 2,140 in District 2 and 2,660 in District 3.[5] They submitted 4,038 signed petitions against Kimberly Ho by the deadline of January 13, 2022.[4][1] The recall campaign ended after the county registrar of voters validated only 2,381 of those signatures, which fell short of the threshold needed to force a recall election to be held.[1]
The deadline to submit petitions against Carlos Manzo passed on February 15, 2022.[4] Organizers submitted 2,878 signatures against Manzo to the city clerk, which had until March 15, 2022, to validate them.[1] The recall campaign did not move foward after only 1,907 of the signatures were validated.[2]
See also
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2021
- Political recall efforts, 2022
- City council recalls
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Orange County Register, "Westminster: Bid to recall city council member falls short," March 1, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Orange County Register, "Effort to recall second Westminster council member falls flat," March 21, 2022
- ↑ Orange County Tribune, "Another recall petition rejected," September 4, 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Orange County Register, "Push to recall Westminster council member hits key milestone," January 14, 2022
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The OC Register, "Westminster recall effort could test whether by-district voting escalates costly special elections," August 23, 2021
- ↑ The OC Register, "In emotional 7-hour meeting, Westminster City Council puts moratorium on all new monuments," July 15, 2021
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