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Wisconsin Republican leader Robin Vos says recall petition effort against him failed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Friday challenged signatures on petitions filed seeking an election to recall him from office, saying there were not enough valid ones. The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has until June 28 to determine whether...
Wisconsin Republican leader who angered Trump is targeted for recall a 2nd time
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump, including a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, submitted more than 9,000 signatures on Tuesday in an effort to force a recall election of Wisconsin’s top elected Republican after their first attempt fell short. ...
Another politically progressive prosecutor in the San Francisco Bay Area faces recall election
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area voters will weigh in on the recall of another progressive district attorney who ran on a platform of offender rehabilitation and police accountability, and whose critics say is undermining public safety. Alameda County District Attorney...
Wisconsin Elections Commission rejects recall effort targeting Republican leader
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's bipartisan elections commission rejected a petition Thursday that sought to force a recall election targeting the state's top elected Republican, who has drawn the ire of former President Donald Trump. Trump backers angry with Assembly Speaker Robin...
Trump supporters trying to recall Wisconsin GOP leader failed, elections review concludes
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The effort by supporters of former President Donald Trump to recall Wisconsin's top elected Republican did not gather enough signatures to trigger the recall election and therefore should be rejected, state elections officials said Wednesday. Trump backers...
Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to clarify district boundaries for potential recall election
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to offer clarity on what legislative district boundary lines should be in play for a potential recall election sought by supporters of former President Donald Trump targeting the Republican Assembly speaker. The...
An Oklahoma council member with ties to white nationalists faces scrutiny, and a recall election
ENID, Okla. (AP) — The typical topics for discussion among city leaders in the northwest Oklahoma community of Enid are how to lure a new movie theater, the cost of operating a downtown arena and plans for a solar farm on the edge of town. But the issue looming large over this...
California supervisor who tried to get rid of Shasta County vote-counting machines survives recall
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A local official in a rural Northern California survived a recall attempt spurred in part by his effort to get rid of the county's vote-counting machines following unfounded accusations of fraud amplified by former President Donald Trump. Kevin Crye was...
Trump backers try again to recall Wisconsin GOP Assembly speaker as first effort stalls
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Backers of former President Donald Trump are launching a second effort to recall Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office after the first attempt appears to have failed. Recall organizers filed paperwork to start a second recall effort on...
Wisconsin GOP leader says Trump backers seeking to recall him don't have enough signatures
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's top Republican lawmaker, who derided supporters of former President Donald Trump attempting to recall him from office as “whack jobs and morons," on Thursday challenged the validity of thousands of signatures collected and declared the effort failed. ...
