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Recall
Acts, Bills, and Laws, Direct Democracy Reforms
The recall is a direct democracatic procedure that provides for removal of elected officials before their terms expire.
In most circumstances, a petition drive is held to collect a statutory number of signatures from registered voters. If sufficient valid signatures are verified, the matter is placed on the ballot and submitted to the electorate. Depending upon the election results, the official in question is either allowed to complete his term or is removed from office.
The Los Angeles city charter of 1903 was the first in the United States to adopt the recall. In 1908, Oregon became the first state to approve the practice. Today 11 states and hundreds of local governments include recall provisions in their constitutions or charters.
The recall, along with the referendum and initiative, won public attention because of the Populist Party platforms of the 1890s and were advanced as means to stimulate unresponsive government.
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Recall ... at the local level National Conference of State Legislatures Recall Page Recall in the United States Kurt A. Gardinier, Assistant Research Director, Initiative & Referendum Institute The following information was compiled by Kurt ... http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Recall.htm
Recalling the Revolution Recalling the Revolution: Memoirs of a Filipino General TABLE OF CONTENTS Translator's Note Paula Carolina S. Malay Introduction Ruby R. Paredes Foreword General Santiago V. Alvarez The Katipunan and the Revolution General Santiago V. Alvarez ... http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/alvarez2.html
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