Ballotpedia tracked one new recall effort against local officials in Wisconsin from July 3-9, bringing the yearly statewide total to one effort against one official. The most recent effort is:
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Adam Hahn recall, Columbia County, Wisconsin (2023): Columbia County District 10 Supervisor Adam Hahn.
- According to Ballotpedia’s email communication with the Columbia County clerk, the statement of intent to circulate a recall petition listed the following reasons for the recall attempt: “Supervisor Adam Hahn has shown through his voting record, to be acting against the desires of his constituents. Along with his actions, or lack of, in full Board and Committee meetings, there has been additional behavior he has been involved in which is unbecoming of an elected official, such as lack of transparency and political intimidation of a fellow supervisor.”
Of the one recall effort this year, one has made the ballot. A recall election seeking to remove Adam Hahn from his position as Columbia County District 10 supervisor was on July 11, 2023. Recall efforts make the ballot if recall supporters submit the required number of signatures by a pre-approved date. In Wisconsin, the number of valid signatures required for a recall election is 25% of the number of persons that voted in the last preceding election for the office of governor within the electoral district of the officer sought to be recalled. Recall supporters needed to collect 238 signatures for this recall to reach the ballot.
