Ballotpedia is covering recall elections against 31 officials on November 7, 2023. The elections against 25 of those officials are happening in Michigan. Another three are in Oregon, and the remaining three are split between Colorado, Ohio, and Texas.
Eleven of the 31 officials on recall ballots are city council members. Nine are city officials, including clerks and treasurers, and eight are mayors or supervisors. The remaining three officials are school board members.
The reasons for the recall efforts included citizens disagreeing with city council votes to bring in new manufacturing and industrial projects and to increase wind turbine height restrictions. Other efforts listed homelessness in the community, failing to properly conduct business of the municipality, and removing a school district’s logo as reasons for recall. Other recall efforts criticized officeholder behavior and interactions with community members, such as lack of leadership, abuse of power, unlawful expenditures, and not resigning after accepting a job out of state.
