recall election

collocation in English

meaningsofrecallandelection

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recall
noun
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/rɪˈkɔːl/us
/ˈriː.kɑːl/
the ability to ...
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election
noun[C or U]
uk
/iˈlek.ʃən/us
/iˈlek.ʃən/
a time when people vote in order to choose someone for a political or ...
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The opponents were able to gather enough signatures to trigger arecallelection.
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There are no primaries in arecallelection.
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Norecallelectionis codified in electoral regulations.
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If more than 15,960 are found to be valid, arecallelectionwill ensue.
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A successful recall drive with petitions of some 50,000 signatures, lead to the firstrecallelectionin the city's history.
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To trigger arecallelection, proponents of the recall must gather a certain number of signatures from registered voters within a certain time period.
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A similar modern practice is therecallelection, in which the electoral body removes its representation from an elected officer.
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He refused, noting that the union's constitution allowed for arecallelectionif fifteen percent of the membership petitioned for one.
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They reportedly had not talked in months before therecallelectionapproached.
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The bill would allow arecallelectionby which voters can remove an elected official from office.
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He was voted out in arecallelectionin 2002.
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There, the idea that therecallelectionwas illegal was originally upheld, although an en banc panel later overturned that decision.
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He was re-elected to the council in 2007 during arecallelection.
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A referendum or arecallelectionmay be said to be minimal forms of disapproval voting.
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The group collected over 100,000 petition signatures to force arecallelection.
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He ran again in 2012 when a specialrecallelectionwas called.
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Supporters of the recall effort obtained 34,816 signatures on recall petitions, significantly more than the 19,669 signatures needed to force arecallelection.
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These petitions needed a number of signatures equal to 25% of votes cast during the official's last election to cause arecallelection.
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The need for arecallelectionand the potential waste of taxpayer money has also drawn criticism.
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He was later designated president of the board, and was re-elected in 2011 with the highest margin of vote, in a controversialrecallelection.
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