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, 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.
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... See also Wisconsin Senate recall elections, 2011 Harsdorf was subject to an active recall effort as part of the 2011 Wisconsin protests ... On March 2, 2011, the "Committee to Recall Harsdorf" officially registered with the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board ... On April 19, 2011, Harsdorf recall organizers filed an estimated 23,000 signatures with the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board ...
... In October 2006, ViAnna Jordan began an effort to recall McGee ... Among the reasons Jordan listed for the recall were "fraudulent use of alias names to avoid responsibility for accident damages," referring to the discovery that McGee held driver's licenses under ... general, such as "has become an embarrassment to our community." During the recall effort, Jordan and her supporters frequently reported that they were harassed by McGee’s ...
... He won re-election in 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002 ... In 2004, he was elected the Wisconsin Senate and re-election 2008 ... In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama narrowly won with 52%, while he won statewide with 57% ...
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“Now that the election is over, may not all, having a common interest, re-unite in a common effort, to save our common country?”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
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