Comment on Is there a reason that all elected (not appointed) officials shouldn't be subject to a recall vote?
ulkesh@piefed.social 7 hours ago
In the United States, it’s simple: the Constitution does not lay out any provision for such a recall. For better or worse, and it’s most certainly worse right now, the only way the removal of a person in Congress can happen is if the respective body itself expels the person (Senators to remove a Senator, House to remove a Representative), the person resigns, or the person dies. And expulsion has a fairly high bar to overcome.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Santos was expelled in '23 and another person in '02. It gets used, but the vast majority of the time the person who would get expelled retires before they can be.