Sentence examples for recall provisions from inspiring English sources

On one of his recent weekly phone-in shows, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg assured Tory MP Zac Goldsmith, a strong supporter of recall, that he wanted "recall provisions on the statute book in this parliament".

Even though New York has no recall provision, one might think Mr. Pataki would be in big trouble.

The recall provision, along with the referendum and popular initiative, was written into the California Constitution in 1911.

"The recall provision was created to get rid of governors guilty of malfeasance -- not so malfeasers could put themselves into office," sniffs Chris Lehane, a Gray Davis recall adviser.

Some Democrats here said they fully intended to pursue a recall effort against Mr. Walker next year, after he has been in office for at least a year and meets the requirements of the state's recall provision.

In the wake of Schwarzenegger's victory, talk of actually repealing the recall provision of the California constitution — which was added in 1911 and until this year had never been used against a statewide official — has died away.

Mr. Davis does not question the wisdom of the recall provision in the California Constitution, which was put there in the early 20th century at the initiative of Progressive Party leaders who then governed the state.

But the watered-down recall provision the government eventually floated was so weak it probably wouldn't have applied in this case; it certainly will not do so now because it has never been enacted.

But the recall provision, which was created in 1911 to thwart the corruption of East Coast-style machine politics and domination by plutocrats, has become another way big money can warp the system.

The six Republicans voted in favor of the cuts to collective bargaining rights earlier this year, have served in office for at least a year (a technical requirement of the state's recall provision) and were, in some cases, viewed as coming from districts where Democratic voters had gained in numbers of late.

It was at Colton Hall nearby, now part of the Civic Center, in 1849 that the state's first constitution was written in English and Spanish (a version without the recall provision that last year allowed Arnold Schwarzenegger to become governor and subsequently an icon in Cannery Row's T-shirt shops).