Recall election
A recall election is an election called in the middle of an elected official's term of office when a sufficient proportion of the electorate deems it intolerable or inappropriate to allow that official to complete his term.
Eighteen States within the United States provide, in their laws, for the mid-term recall of State-level elected officials.[1] Federal law does not provide for the popular recall of a President of the United States, but the various State-level recall laws often provide for the recall, not only of State officials but also of their Senators and Representatives in Congress. (To date no Senator or Representative has been recalled mid-term from his office, but a case is now pending in New Jersey to test the proposition that a State may recall its Senator.[2]
References
- ↑ "Entry for Recall Election," National Conference of State Legislatures, accessed 14 January 2010.
- ↑ Hurlbut T, "NJ elections division says Menendez recall illegal," Essex County Conservative Examiner, <http://www.examiner.com/Newark>, 14 January 2010