Asking For Accountability From Our Elected Officials

There is nothing more frustrating than seeing or experiencing a crime that goes un-prosecuted. Whether it is the victim of a violent crime or a victim of a civil crime, the pain that they feel affects us all.

When our elected officials do not stand up for the rights of these victims, then they need to be replaced with someone that will. All political officials need to be held accountable to the very people that put them into office.

We have the constitutional right to vote people into office and in many states and jurisdictions, have the right to remove them from office though the recall process.

Often times it is a simple problem of promoting someone to their level of incompetency. If an officer is a “good cop” that does not mean they have the training, business or leadership skills to be a sheriff. If some ones family member was a commissioner or council member, how does that give them the skills to be the same or be in another political office unless they can show, unto themselves, they have the necessary credentials for that office. This also happens with the County Judge’s positions and many other positions of representatives and senators as well.

Once a person in elected to an office, they are generally there for years. If they are apathetic, incompetent or involved in some criminal activity, the only recourse for the public, in most cases, is the recall process.

The Recall Handbook is a Practical Guide to Your Constitutional Rights to Recall an Elected Official. It goes through each step of the process from research and planning to actually collecting signatures and campaigning for the vote to remove the elected official. Information is included to help with the writing of the petition, organizing a team and potential problems you may experience along the way. It is an excellent resource book for anyone thinking about launching a recall effort.