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A commonality shared by successful recall petitions is planning. We’ve included some tips shared by successful recall petitioners on how to strategize your recall petition. This is intended to serve as an accompanying resource. Recall guidelines vary by state and local jurisdiction. Please refer to your state or locale’s guidelines.
Step 0.
Before filing your petition,
Build the core team. Consider securing your Campaign Manager, Campaign Treasurer, Field Director, and Marketing Director to start.
Create a timeline with weekly signature and fundraising goals.
Initiate a primary communication medium for your team.
Create a budget and begin fundraising.
Step 3.
Circulate a recall petition and gather the appropriate number of signatures in a specified period of time.
Step 1.
File an application to circulate a recall petition (some states allow petitions only if they contain certain grounds for recall).
It’s helpful to maintain communication with your petition registrar and request notification of any additional petitions that are filed.
If additional petitions are filed for the same elected official, attempt to consolidate efforts so you don’t split the signatures. In most cases, signatures can’t be combined for multiple filed petitions.
Step 4.
Submit petitions to election officials for verification of signatures.
Step 2.
Begin working with the team to help get the petition filed. Each volunteer lead should expect to contribute ~15 hours of week.
Campaign Manager
Campaign Treasurer
Legal/Compliance Consultant
Marketing Director
Field/Volunteer Director
Step 5.
If enough valid signatures are presented, hold a recall election.