silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoA Republican Election Clerk vs. Trump Die-Hards in a World of Lieswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down13cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
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minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months 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-down1·5 months 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.
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.