recall election

Examples of recall election in the following topics:

• Types of Elections

  • A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections.
  • A primary election is an election that narrows the field of candidates before the general election.
  • A referendum may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official, or simply a specific government policy.
  • Similarly, a recall election is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before his or her term has ended.
  • Recalls, which are initiated when sufficient voters sign a petition, have a history dating back to the ancient Athenian democracy and are a feature of several contemporary constitutions.

• Democracy

  • U'Ren also helped in the passage of an amendment in 1908 that gave voters power to recall elected officials.
  • A recall election (also called a "recall referendum" or "representative recall") is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before his or her term has ended.
  • Recalls are initiated when sufficient voters sign a petition.
  • About 16 states began using primary elections to reduce the power of bosses and machines.
  • The goals of his policy included establishing the recall, referendum, direct primary, and initiative.

• Features of Progressivism

  • In 1902, the Oregon System of "Initiative, Referendum, and Recall" was passed, largely due to the efforts of Progressive senator William S.
  • U'Ren also helped in the passage of an amendment in 1908 giving voters power to recall elected officials he would go on to establish, at the state level, popular election of U.S.
  • The Seventeenth Amendment was ratified in 1913, requiring that all senators be elected by the people, instead of by state legislatures.
  • When Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected President with a Democratic Congress in 1912, he implemented a series of progressive policies in economics.

• Progressive Government: City and State

  • Also, reforms were made to give voters more say in government, among these were the initiative, referendum, and recall .
  • The recall allowed voters to demand special elections to remove elected officials from office.

• Progressives and the Working Class

  • Reformers worked to improve workers' lives, implementing measures such as the initiative, referendum, and recall.
  • Three practices were developed to accomplish this: the referendum, the initiative, and the recall.
  • Finally, the recall provided the opportunity to remove elected officials from office before the end of their terms.

• The Virginia and New Jersey Plans

  • The New Jersey plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan, which called for two houses of Congress both elected with apportionment according to population.
  • The dual principles of rotation in office and recall would be applied to the lower house of the national legislature.
  • Members of one of the two legislative chambers would be elected by the people and members of that chamber would then elect the second chamber from nominations submitted by state legislatures.
  • Terms of office were unspecified, but the executive and members of the popularly elected legislative chamber could not be elected for an undetermined time afterward.
  • Congress would elect a federal executive, consisting of multiple people, who cannot be re-elected and can be recalled by Congress when requested by the majority of executives of the states.

• The Virginia and New Jersey Plans

  • This legislature would contain the dual principles of rotation in office and recall, applied to the lower house of the national legislature .
  • The people would elect members for one of the two legislative chambers.
  • Members of that chamber would then elect the second chamber from nominations submitted by state legislatures.
  • The terms of office were unspecified, but the executive and members of the popularly elected legislative chamber could not be elected for an undetermined time afterward.
  • Congress would elect a federal executive who cannot be re-elected and subject to recall by Congress;

• Constitutional Issues and Compromises

  • Rotation in office and recall were two principles applied to the lower house of the national legislature.
  • The House would elect Senators who would serve by rotation for four years and represent one of four regions.
  • The plan featured a bicameral legislature, the lower house elected by the people for three years.
  • The upper house would be elected by electors chosen by the people and would serve for life.
  • Congress would meet in a joint session to elect a President, and would also appoint members of the cabinet.

• Rational-Legal Authority

  • In the United States, for example, presidential power is passed on through elections.
  • Although individual voters may choose which candidate they favor based on a candidate's charisma or family background, the election itself must follow rational-legal requirements.
  • When election results are disputed, they are decided by referring back to those rules.
  • Thus, for example, when the 2000 election between Bush and Gore came down to a very close vote, it was decided by a careful review of ballots and voting procedures, not by anything having to do with the qualifications of the candidates.
  • Recall the three characteristics of the modern state, according to Weber

• The Twenty-Seven Amendments of the U.S. Constitution

  • The 12th defines the election of President and Vice President and the fallback system if one should die in office.
  • The 22nd amendment states that no one can be elected President more than 2 terms.
  • Recall the number of amendments to the Constitution and their aims