Recall elections saw 77 people removed from office in 2024, a 40 percent increase in one year over the ten-year average of 55 officials removed from 2014 to 2023, according to a report published by Ballotpedia on Jan. 15. According to Ballotpedia’s data, there were 246 efforts to recall 383 public elected representatives in 2024. This marks a 27 percent decrease from 2020, when 238 recall efforts challenged 301 officials. Recall efforts peaked in 2021—the year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic—with 357 efforts targeting 545 elected representatives. Recall efforts by the public have since been in steady decline. The 77 removed in 2024 represented 20 percent of targeted officials. And when considering the removal rate of officials who went on to face recall elections, 2024 saw a 70 percent success rate for recall, Ballotpedia noted—“the second-highest removal rate since Ballotpedia began tracking recall data in 2012.” The year with the highest removal rate was 2023, with 77 percent of officials facing recall elections being removed from office….