The number of city officials who had been included in recall efforts as of June 15, 2023, was higher than at a similar point in 2020, 2021, and 2022. Eighteen city officials had drawn recall efforts compared to four in 2022 and one in 2021. Ballotpedia did not track any recall efforts targeting city officials in 2020. For the purpose of recall tracking, we consider city officials to be individuals elected to a city or township office who do not fall into another office category we track, so mayors and city council members are not included in these statistics.
All of the city official recall efforts Ballotpedia had tracked in the first half of 2023 occurred in townships in Michigan. For recalls involving Michigan township boards, we categorize clerks and treasurers as city officials, trustees as city council members, and supervisors as mayors.
In the first half of 2023:
