Suzanne McEvoy and Mark Aguire recall, Liberty Elementary School District, Arizona (2021)

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2021 Liberty Elementary School District recall
Recall status
1 resigned; 1 did not go to a vote
Table of contents
Recall supporters Path to the ballot 2021 recall efforts
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An effort to recall two of the five members of the Liberty Elementary School District Governing Board in Arizona did not go to a vote in 2021. Suzanne McEvoy and Mark Aguire were named in the recall petitions. McEvoy resigned from office on July 30, 2021, and the effort against Aguire failed to qualify for the ballot.

Aguire's term expired in December 2022. Before she resigned, McEvoy's term was scheduled to expire in December 2024.

To read about other recall efforts related to the coronavirus and government responses to the pandemic, click here.

Recall supporters

Arguments for recall against McEvoy

The application for a recall petition against McEvoy listed the following grounds for recall:

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Suzanne McEvoy has failed to represent her constituents. She has committed several open meeting law violations. Her bias has repeatedly superceeded the will of the people. Ms. McEvoy does not respond to emails and other means of communication when parents are trying to commicate regarding issues and votes that directly effect the parents' children attending schools in the district. Ms. McEvoy also feels, as she has stated during board meetings, that she is a volunteer, clearly lacking understanding of what elected official roles and responsibilities entail, and she has stated she doesn't have the time required for the position. Suzanne McEvoy is one of the board members that has repeatedly voted to revoke parents' right to make health choices for their children, causing the district to lose support from the community and failing two overrides essential to keeping quality education in our schools. The next override is well on its way to fail which will negatively impact our children, teachers, and community. Suzanne McEvoy is bad for Liberty.

”

Arguments for recall against Aguire

The application for a recall petition against Aguire listed the following grounds for recall:

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Mark Aguire has failed in his duty as a school board member. Aguire has failed to listen his constituents. On April 26th, he objected to a motion that called for the district to recognize requests from a student ' s physician. During this same meeting, Mr. Aguire made a narrow motion refusing masks to be removed while eating breakfast or snacks in the classrooms or to drink water. Two board members and the superintendent suggested he amend his motion. He refused. Mr. Aguire fails to understand how to properly run board meetings. Under Aguire ' s leadership the board has been investigated by the Attorney General for Open Meeting Law Violations. The district has failed in its last two attempts at override elections with Mr Aguire on the board and is well on its way to failing their next override. The school district will lose funding which will greatly reduce its educational abilities. Mr Aguire uses his position on the board to push his own agenda. Mr. Aguire is out of touch with the district. Mr Aguire's failed leadership on the board, has forced numerous families to leave the district which is putting the district at a financial disadvantage. Aguire is bad for Liberty

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Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing recall in Arizona

Recall supporters filed an application for a recall petition against Aguire on May 7, 2021, and they filed an application for a recall petition against McEvoy on May 14, 2021. To get the recalls on the ballot, they would have had to collect 2,507 signatures per board member. To get the recall against Aguire on the ballot, recall supporters would have had to submit the petition by September 4, 2021. If she had not resigned, the petition against McEvoy would have been due by September 11, 2021.

Recalls related to the coronavirus

See also: Recalls related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and government responses to the pandemic

Ballotpedia covered 35 coronavirus-related recall efforts against 94 officials in 2022, accounting for 13% of recalls that year. This is a decrease from both 2020 and 2021. COVID-related recalls accounted for 37% of all recall efforts in both 2020 and 2021. In 2020, there were 87 COVID-related recalls against 89 officials, and in 2021, there were 131 against 214 officials.

The chart below compares coronavirus-related recalls to recalls for all other reasons in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

2021 recall efforts

See also: School board recalls

Ballotpedia tracked 92 school board recall efforts against 237 board members in 2021. Recall elections against 17 board members were held in 2021. The school board recall success rate was 0.42%.

The chart below details the status of 2021 recall efforts by individual school board member.

See also

• Liberty Elementary School District, Arizona
• Recall campaigns in Arizona
• Political recall efforts, 2021
• School board recalls

External links

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