Woodland Park School District RE-2 recall, Colorado (2022)
| Woodland Park School District RE-2 recall |
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| Officeholders |
David Illingworth II (District C) Suzanne Patterson (District E) |
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| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2022 Recalls in Colorado Colorado recall laws School board recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall three of the five members of the Woodland Park School District RE-2 school board did not go to a vote in 2022. Board President David Rusterholz, board Vice President David Illingworth II, and board member Suzanne Patterson were named in the recall petitions.[1][2][3]
The Teller County Clerk's Office did not verify enough petition signatures to put the recalls against Illingworth and Patterson on the ballot. Recall supporters did not file a petition against Rusterholz as they did not collect enough signatures.[4][5]
Recall supporters
Recall supporters published the following statement about why they pursued a recall on their website:[6]
| “ | Since the time immediately following their 2021 election to the Woodland Park School Board, David Rusterholz, David Illingworth II, and Suzanne Patterson have repeatedly been both negligent in their responsibilities to the Woodland Park community at large and have violated both policy and Colorado law.
Members of the community have made repeated calls for these School Board members to meet their commitments to the School District and to operate with transparency and accountability. These calls have been met with both silence and open defiance. It has then fallen upon the voters of the Woodland Park School District to exercise their right to initiate the recall process and elect into these Board positions citizens who will uphold the integrity of the office and provide positive representation of our district and community.[7] |
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Recall opponents
The board members refuted the allegations against them. They said were dedicated to transparency and openness. “A small group representing radical ideologies and national teacher unions that kept your child from attending school and forced them into masks is trying to undo what we've achieved together,” Illingworth said.[8]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Colorado
To get the recall on the ballot, supporters had to collect 2,648 signatures in 60 days.[1][9] Supporters filed recall petition signatures against two of the board members on August 1, 2022.[4] The Teller County Clerk's Office had until August 29, 2022, to verify the signatures.[10]
2022 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 54 school board recall efforts against 123 board members in 2022. Recall elections against school board members were held on January 11, 2022, January 18, 2022, January 24, 2022, February 15, 2022, March 29, 2022, April 4, 2022, and November 8, 2022. The school board recall success rate was 7.3%.
The chart below details the status of 2022 recall efforts by individual school board member.
See also
- Woodland Park School District RE-2, Colorado
- Recall campaigns in Colorado
- Political recall efforts, 2022
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 KRDO, "Recall efforts against two Woodland Park school board members fail," August 30, 2022
- ↑ The Mountain Jackpot News, "Woodland Park RE-2 School Board Recall Campaign Moves Into High Gear," June 14, 2022
- ↑ Woodland Park School District RE-2, "Board," accessed June 22, 2022
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, "Recall petition filed against two sitting school board members in Woodland Park," August 1, 2022
- ↑ The Mountain Jackpot News, "Decision Expected Soon on Recall Petitions Against RE-2 District School Board Members," August 11, 2022
- ↑ The Official Website of the 2022 Woodland Park School District Recall Campaign, "Why a Recall?" accessed June 22, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Gazette, "Recall bid against conservatives on Woodland Park school board debated," July 17, 2022
- ↑ The Official Website of the 2022 Woodland Park School District Recall Campaign, "What is the Recall Process?" accessed June 22, 2022
- ↑ KRDO, "Woodland Park recall organizer charged with two counts of attempting to influence a public servant," August 22, 2022
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