Comment on Is there a reason that all elected (not appointed) officials shouldn't be subject to a recall vote?
gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 18 hours agoFair point in practice, but in theory that’s a campaign finance regulation problem not a recall election problem
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
True, if we repeal Citizens United, then the worst recalls go away.
But the bar should still be much higher than it is in CA, Oakland just had its mayor & DA recalled over fear of crime, while violent crime was declining rapidly and before any of their policies could have an impact anyway (recall efforts were started on Day 1), I don’t think I’ll ever be convinced recalls are a good idea unless a grand jury can be convinced of meaningful corruption.
gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Yeah, I’m not totally sure I would go as far as requiring criminal charges to kick things off, but their ought to be some restraints on recalls. Besides stability in government being at least somewhat important, it’s unfair to the past electorate who voted whichever candidate in for a given term to have a different electorate (because new people are always becoming eligible and other people are passing away or otherwise becoming inelligble) come along and mess with that.
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I’m fine without criminal charges but someone should have to convince a jury of my peers that there is corruption and not just political differences at play