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Lori Lalouette recall, Marion County Commission, Kansas (2017)
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An effort to recall Lori Lalouette from her position on the Marion County Commission in Kansas was launched in January 2017. On January 3, 2017, fellow commissioners Randy Dallke and Dan Holub publicly asked Lalouette to resign from the position because of her absences, late arrivals, and early departures from meetings.[1] A couple of weeks later, Hillsboro residents James Hefley, Kevin Suderman, and Galen Penner wrote a letter to the county clerk describing their intent to start a recall campaign against Lalouette "due to failure to perform the duties prescribed by law." Hefley asked Lalouette to resign rather than face a recall.[2]
Lalouette resigned from the county commission on January 23, 2017, and said that her decision was not due to the pressure of a possible recall or the calls for her to step down. "I want to make it clear that my decision to resign was made on my own accord, based on what was best for myself personally and professionally and what I felt was best for my district and county," she said. Her resignation was effective on March 20, 2017.[3]
Recall opponents
Lalouette's response
Lalouette apologized for her absences and added, "Where I’m at today, I’m just asking for additional time to have conversations."[2] Below is an excerpt from a letter she wrote in response to the possible recall:
| “ | I have had numerous competing priorities in my roles as county commissioner, attorney, small business owner, and community advocate. Those competing priorities, coupled with illness, have led to my failure to meet the expectations of the individuals I swore to represent and serve. Please accept my heartfelt apology for this failure. I am truly sorry.[4] | ” |
| —Lori Lalouette[2] | ||
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Kansas
In order to have a recall put on the ballot, the county clerk would have needed to verify that the grounds for the recall were legally sufficient. Then recall proponents would have had 90 days to collect 588 valid signatures, which was 40 percent of the votes cast in the last election for the position in question.[5]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Hillsboro Star-Journal, "Lalouette urged to resign," January 5, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hillsboro Star-Journal, "Lalouette still in limbo," January 19, 2017
- ↑ Peabody Gazette-Bulletin, "Who will follow Lori Lalouette?" January 26, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Peabody Gazette-Bulletin, "How a recall might happen," January 5, 2017
