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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoNo, what they are doing in Nevada is an imagined grievance. They have no evidence, because nothing was done. No recall should be allowed without evidence.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThere are a handful of examples of recalls without crimes by the official; Santa Clara County in California recalled a judge because people felt he was lenient with a rapist for example. The big difference with this one is that the things the recall proponents dislike are all imagined.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoI mean, being lenient with a rapist would be a breach of official duties and is well beyond the generic call of “well, we don’t like you.” Here in Portland we had a problem with the DA failing to prosecute people, which, you know, is kind of his job? We didn’t recall him, we just voted him out in the next election. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/elections/multnomah-county-district-attorney-race-election-results/283-e5b76f7a-9497-488b-b432-08dc9deec27d We’ll see if the next guy wants to do the job starting in January.
No, what they are doing in Nevada is an imagined grievance. They have no evidence, because nothing was done. No recall should be allowed without evidence.
There are a handful of examples of recalls without crimes by the official; Santa Clara County in California recalled a judge because people felt he was lenient with a rapist for example.
The big difference with this one is that the things the recall proponents dislike are all imagined.
I mean, being lenient with a rapist would be a breach of official duties and is well beyond the generic call of “well, we don’t like you.”
Here in Portland we had a problem with the DA failing to prosecute people, which, you know, is kind of his job?
We didn’t recall him, we just voted him out in the next election.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/elections/multnomah-county-district-attorney-race-election-results/283-e5b76f7a-9497-488b-b432-08dc9deec27d
We’ll see if the next guy wants to do the job starting in January.