Quincey Smith recall, Rulo Village Board, Nebraska (2017)

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Rulo Village Board recall

Officeholders
Quincey Smith
Recall status
Recall defeated
Recall election date
August 15, 2017
See also
Recall overview
Political recall efforts, 2017
Recalls in Nebraska
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Rulo Village Board member Quincey Smith survived a recall vote on August 15, 2017.[1] Smith was first elected to the village board in 2014. Kevin Barber, who lost his board seat to Smith in 2014, initiated the recall effort.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Recall vote
* 2 Recall supporters
* 3 Recall opponents
* 4 Path to the ballot
* 5 Recent news
* 6 See also
* 7 External links
* 8 Footnotes

## Recall vote[edit]

Recall of Quincey Smith

Result| Votes| Percentage
Recall| 16| 30.19%
Retain| 37| 69.81%

## Recall supporters[edit]

Barber started the recall effort due to claims that Smith violated the state's Open Meetings Act. The recall petition also claimed that Smith ran village equipment without training, and failed to barricade streets during road work.[2]

## Recall opponents[edit]

Smith countered Barber's claims by saying that he was unsure of how he broke state law, received equipment training in the military, and that Smith was equally guilty of failure to barricade during road work.[2]

## Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing recall in Nebraska

The Richardson County Clerk certified receipt of 21 valid signatures on May 5, 2017, which surpassed the signature threshold based on total town voters.[2]

## Recent news[edit]

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Quincey Smith Rulo recall. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

Quincey Smith recall, Rulo Village Board, Nebraska (2017) - Google News

## See also[edit]

* Recall campaigns in Nebraska
* Political recall efforts, 2017
* City council recalls

## External links[edit]

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* Richardson County, Nebraska

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Daily Journal, "Southeast Nebraska village board member survives recall bid," August 16, 2017
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 KWBE, "Rulo to Vote to Recall Board Member," May 5, 2017

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