Courtney Glass recall, Bowie, Maryland (2018)

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Bowie City Council recall

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Courtney Glass
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An effort in Bowie, Maryland, to recall City Council member Courtney Glass was initiated in April 2018. Petitioners began gathering signatures on April 7, 2018, with a deadline of May 7, 2018, to submit about 2,800 signatures required to move the recall election forward. The recall effort was suspended in the first week of May after organizers decided that they could not meet the signature requirement.[1]

## Contents

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

## Recall supporters[edit]

Petitioners accused Glass of voting in favor of projects that were not in the interest of her constituents and for failing to attend 18 of 58 council meetings since winning election in 2015.[1]

## Recall opponents[edit]

Glass offered the following response to the recall effort:

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Even when I haven’t gone to my day job, I’ve come to council meetings. I’ve given everything I can and at a certain point, I would hope that others would have compassion or the journey that I’m on.[1][2]

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—Courtney Glass (2018)

## Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing recall in Maryland

Petitioners began gathering signatures on April 7, 2018, with a deadline of May 7, 2018, to submit about 2,800 signatures required to move the recall election forward. The recall effort was suspended in the first week of May after organizers decided that they could not meet the signature requirement.[1]

## Recent news[edit]

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Courtney Glass recall, Bowie, Maryland (2018) - Google News

## See also[edit]

* Recall campaigns in Maryland
* Political recall efforts, 2018
* City council recalls

## External links[edit]

* City of Bowie, Maryland

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Bowie Blade-News, "Bowie citizens group suspends attempt to recall Glass," May 8, 2018
2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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